This food chain is not correct because:

Energy can't flow from a deer to a flower

Define bioamplification:

pesticides increase the higher up the food chain

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1
The thin layer of gases that surrounds the Earth is called the ...
Lithosphere
Hydrosphere
Biosphere
Atmosphere
2
The Blanchards Cricket Frog no longer exists in Ontario but lives elswhere. In Ontario it is...
Threatened
Extirpated
Endangered
Extinct
3
Members of the same species living in the same envirmonment define a(n)...
Community
Ecosystem
Population
Niche
4
The part of Earth that includes all water (oceans, lakes, ice, clouds groundwater) is called...
Atmosphere
Biosphere
Lithosphere
Hydrosphere
5
What percentage of energy is passed on from one trophic level to the next?
30%
10%
50%
90%
6
The layer of Earth that all organisms live on is the:
Atmosphere
Lithosphere
Biosphere
Hydrosphere
7
What is the ultimate source of energy for all life on Earth?
Humans
Plants
Fossil fuels
The Sun
8
This food chain is not correct because:
Humans never eat flowers
Energy can't flow from grass to deer
The arrows are reversed
Energy can't flow from a deer to a flower
9
True/False: Climate, Space, Food and Water are limiting factors.
True
False
10
The Bali tiger of Indonesia is said to no longer exist. Therfore it is considered ...
Extirpated
Endangered
Extinct
At Risk
11
Identify the organism in two trophic levels in this foodwe
Fiery Searcher Beetle
Deer Mouse
Deer Tick
Deer
12
The following picture describes a pyramid of ...
Energy Flow
Numbers
Giza
Biomass
13
If an area has all the wolves it can support, the wolf population has reached its
Migration
Birth Rate
Population Density
Carrying Capacity
14
Define bioamplification:
pesticides increase the higher up the food chain
Pesticides do not affect the food chain
pesticides stay in an organism and accumulate
pesticides are largest at the bottom of the food chain
15
The following diagram describes a pyramid of ...
Numbers
Energy Flow
Egypt
Biomass
16
This is an example of a...
Food Chain
Trophic level
Food Web
Energy pyramid
17
Organisms that consume only meat are known as ...
Omnivores
Carnivores
Herbivores
Producers
18
Removing which organism from a food web is likely to have the largest impact?
Carnivore
Herbivore
Producer
Omnivore
19
A factor that restricts the size of a species population or where it can live is called ...
Community
Carrying Capacity
Tolerance Range
Limiting Factor
20
Large geographical regions defined by climate and abiotic/biotic features is called a(n)...
Eutrophication
Forest
Biome
Atmosphere
21
A type of symbiosis in which one organism lives with, on or in and harms the organisms is ...
Parasitism
Mutualism
Commensalism
Symbiosis
22
T/F An increase in a predator population will likely result in an increase in a prey population
False
True
23
Terrestrial means
Air
Fire
Water
Land
24
This is an example of a...
Producer
Detrivore
Decomposer
Autotroph
25
The build up of (usually toxic) substances in the fatty tissues of an organism is...
Biomagnification
Biodiversity
Biology
Bioaccumulation
26
Cellular respiration's purpose is to produce...
Energy
Carbon Dioxide
Oxygen
Sugar (Glucose)
27
The dotted line on the following graph demonstrates the concept of...
Carrying capacity
Predation
Limiting factor
Bioaccumulation
28
Which organism is an omnivore?
Songbird
Mouse
Butterfly
None of the Above
29
All the places on Earth where living things can exist is called the...
Atmosphere
Biosphere
Lithosphere
Hydrosphere
30
Which role would the following most likely have in a food web?
Primary consumer
Top predator
Prey
Producer
31
Organisms that eat both autotrophs and heterotrophs are known as...
Herbivores
Carnivores
Scavengers
Omnivores
32
If these trees are not replanted then this is an example of...
Sustainable forestry
Unsustainable forestry
Climate Change
Bioaccumulation
33
Only 10% of energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next while most is wasted as:
Urine
Heat
Feces
Sweat
34
An organism that can not create its own food and must search for its food is known as a(n)...
Plant
Teenager
Autotroph
Heterotroph
35
An abiotic factor is defined as:
Was once alive
Was once lost and now is found. Was blind but now sees.
Living
Non-living
36
The study of the interaction between living things and their environment
Geography
Scientology
Biology
Ecology
37
The range of abiotic features within which a species can survive is know as its ...
Tolerance Range
Limiting Factors
Competition
Carrying Capacity
38
A species behaviour, what it eats, what eats it and where is lives is known as a(n)...
Niche
Population
Community
Habitat
39
Which cycle in nature does the following diagram show?
Nitrogen
Phosphorous
Carbon
Hydrologic
40
The Drooping Trillium may soon disapear from Ontario and maybe everywhere. It is considered ...
Threatened
Endangered
Extinct
Extirpated
41
Light, oxygen, soil, and water are all types of ...
Ecology Terms
Abiotic Factors
Awesome
Biotic Factors
42
The level of an organism depending on it's position in a food web (ecosystem) is called a(n)...
Feeding Frenzy
Trophic Level
Sustainability
Species Richness
43
The variety of species living in an ecosystem
Commensalism
Population
Limiting Factor
Biodiversity
44
Name the secondary consumer in this food chain:
Mouse
Acord
Snake
Owl
45
grass → rabbit → fox What % of energy does the fox get from the grass?
1%
0.1%
90%
10%
46
The non-living characteristics of an ecosystem are ...
Trophic Levels
Habitats
Biotic Factors
Abiotic Factors
47
___________________ prevent a population from growing any larger.
Biotic factors
Limiting factors
Carrying capacity
Abiotic factors
48
What term is used to describe the maximum population of a species an ecosystem can sustain?
Tolerance Range
Thriving Range
Carrying Capacity
Optimal Range
49
Consumers...
Do not eat.
Eat plants
Eat other organisms
Make their own food
50
The Emerald Ash Borer a non-native species having negative impacts and is therefore ...
Indiginous
Invasive
Bad
Keystone
51
Canaries are very sensitive to changes in gas levels and were used as ________ by coal miners.
Indiginous Species
Indicator Species
Pets
Invasive Species
52
A species that no longer exists in a specific area is
Endangered
Extirpated
Threatened
Extinct
53
Which trophic level would this be in a food chain?
Secondary Consumer
Top predator
Primary Consumer
Primary Producer
54
The build up of mercury in this diagram is an example of...
Biomagnification
A food chain
Pollution
Bioaccumulation
55
Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration are _______________ processes.
Complimentary
Energy consuming
Similar
Energy producing
56
A process that converts the suns energy into chemical energy is called...
Cellular Respiration
Chemosynthesis
Selfies
Photosynthesis
57
Producers...
Two of these answers are right
Make glucose
Rely on other animals for food
Are wolves
58
Cellular Respiration produces energy by consuming this along with oxygen
Sunlight
Carbon Dioxide
Sugar
Water
59
A maple tree can be considered to be...
Abiotic
Biotic
A predator
A heterotroph
60
Lithosphere is...
Mostly rock
Mostly frozen water
Mostly liquid water
Mostly air
61
A ___________represents the many feeding relationships within a community (ecosystem).
Trophic Level
Autotroph
Food Chain
Food Web
62
Only ______% of energy at one trophic level is passed onto the next level?
10%
25%
50%
100%
63
A process that converts sugar + O₂ into CO₂ + H₂O + Energy is called ...
Photosynthesis
Hyper Children
Cellular Respiration
Chemisynthesis
64
Something that absorbs carbon is known as a(n)...
Factory
Carbon Sink
Fossil Fuel
Carbon Fiber
65
Members of a different species living in the same envirmonment define a(n)...
Ecosystem
Niche
Population
Community
66
If an ecosystem is able to maintain itself through natural processes it is called this:
Balanced
Sustainable
Unstable
Consistent
67
The terrestrial layer of Earth (mountains, ocean floor, rocky outer shell) is called the...
Atmosphere
Biosphere
Hydrosphere
Lithosphere
68
An organism gets food, water, shelter and other things it needs to survive from its...
Niche
Population
Abiotic Factors
Habitat
69
Water goes into the atmosphere in a process known as...
Precipitation
Condensation
Evaporation
Run off
70
Which cycle in nature does the following diagram show?
Water
Phosphorous
Nitrogen
Carbon
71
A relationship where both species benefit from each other is...
Parasitism
Commensalism
Mutualism
Weird
72
This equation represents....
Human digestion
Energy production
Cellular Respiration
Photosynthesis
73
_______ make their own food by photosynthesis
Trophic Level 2
Herbivores
Tertiary Consumers
Trophic level 1
74
A "producer" can make it's own food energy and is also known as a(n)...
Chef Gordon Ramsay
Heterotroph
Autotroph
Secondary Consumer
75
An ecosystem that maintains relatively constant abiotic and biotic features is said to be ...
Responsible
Broken
Sustainable
Unsustainable
76
Living things, their remains and the features associated with their activities are:
Biotic Factors
Ecology
An ecosystem
Abiotic Factors
77
Aquatic means, related to
Air
Water
Wet
Land
78
________ has the least amount of energy made available
Trophic Level 3
Trophic Level 2
Trophic Level 4
Trophic Level 1
79
The hydrosphere is...
Mostly solid rock
Mostly air
Mostly soil
Mostly liquid water
80
The environment where an organism lives is defined as its ...
Ecosystem
Niche
Habitat
Community
81
Living things, are
Habitats
Abiotic Factors
Trophic Levels
Biotic Factors
82
The maximum population size of a species that an ecosystem can sustain is called ...
Carrying Capacity
Limiting Factor
Sustainability
Tolerance Range
83
Which of the following biomes is not found in Canada?
Tundra
Temperate Deciduous Forest
Rainforest
Mountain Forest
84
These organisms create food energy through photosynthesis
Herbivores
Carnivores
Tertiary Consumers
Producers
85
In photosynthesis, sugar is produced along with this
carbon dioxide
oxygen
nitrogen
water
86
Lions fighting over their pride is a type of _______________ relationship.
Interspecific
Intraspecific
Symbiotic
Predator Prey
87
True/False: Commensalism is a relationship in which two species live closely and both benefit.
True
False
88
An example of a biotic factor is
Sun
Water
Air
Mushroom
89
Organisms that consume only plants are known as ...
Carnivores
Producers
Omnivores
Herbivores
90
A prairie dog, a hawk and a snake are all members of the same
Population
Niche
Species
Community
91
A shark that eats a fish can be considered a(n)
Autotrophs
Producer
Heterotroph
Herbivore
92
The following diagram describes a pyramid of ...
Energy Flow
Food
Numbers
Biomass
93
Which term is not part of the water cycle?
Respiration
Transpiration
Condensation
94
The American White Pelican may soon be endangered. It is considered to be ...
Extinct
Threatened
Special Concern
At Risk
95
Different plants fighting over resources is this type of relationship.
Loving
Parasitism
Intraspecific
Interspecific

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