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A review of basic Ecological terms
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what do we call the cycle that includes evaporation and precipitation
phosphorus cycle
nitrogen cycle
water cycle
carbon cycle
2
What term refers to non-living things?
about
above
biotic
Abiotic
3
the total amount of living tissue at each trophic level in an ecosystem is shown in a what?
biomass pyramid
energy pyramid
biogeochemical cycle
pyramid of numbers
4
What does Ecology mean?
The study of living things and their environment
The study of life
The study of living things
5
What is the term used to describe earth and all parts of the earth with living things?
biosphere
biology
biotic
biome
6
What are primary producers?
consume plant and animal remains to get energy
get energy from the environment
obtain energy by consuming only plants
get energy from other organisms
7
What are organisms composed of?
organic molecules
organs
Organelles
organ systems
8
What is the basic unit of life?
atom
cell
tissue
organism
9
Which group of organisms would be always found at the bottom of a food chain or food web?
primary consumer
primary producer
detritivore
secondary producer
10
Which of the following is a decomposer?
a bluebird
A fox
a holly tree
a fungus
11
What is an earthworm
carnivore
omnivore
detritivore
herbivore
12
Which of the following describes how all consumers get their energy?
from inorganic chemicals
from eating primary producers
from eating organisms that are or have been alive
from the sun
13
what is an owl
detritivore
omnivore
herbivore
carnivore
14
Which is highest in a hierarchy?
Population
Organism
Community
Cell
15
What is a human?
carnivore
detritivore
herbivore
omnivore
16
What is a term we use to describe living things
abiotic
biome
biotic
biology
17
What is a cow
herbivore
detritivore
omnivore
carnivore
18
What are organelles made of?
tissues
Atoms
organs
molecules
19
a series of steps in which a large fish eats a small fish that has eaten algae is a
pyramid of numbers
food chain
pyramid of biomass
food web
20
Which of the following levels of hierarchy do single cell organisms NOT have?
tissue
atom
molecule
organism
21
how much energy is conserved when transferred from a producer to a consumer to another consumer
10%
75%
50%
90%
22
what is a bear
omnivore
herbivore
detritivore
carnivore
23
How might the loss of a population affect the rest of an ecosystem?
It would suffer
It would grow and benefit
Nothing happens
24
How do nutrients move through an ecosystem
water cycle
energy pyramids
biogeochemical cycle
ecological pyramids
25
What term is used to describe a group of different species living together in a defined area?
population
biosphere
community
ecosystem
