Biology 2201 Unit 1 Topics 1-3 Review for Test 1

The benthic zone contains worms, molluscs, and other bottom-dwelling organisms

Heterotrophs produce carbon dioxide and water whereas Autotrophs produce oxygen and glucose

This equation represents which energy process?

Which energy process occurs where there is NO sunlight available?

An omnivore is usually identified as an organism belonging to the 3rd trophic level

An estuary would have less biodiversity than a river

Carbon Dioxide + Water + Hydrogen Sulfide are the reactants of Chemosynthesis

Which term describes organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring:

Which of the following areas would contain the greatest biodiversity? hint...remember the heirarchical nomenclature

What is the name for the feeding level in an ecosystem by which energy is transferred?

The majority of organisms will thrive and be in abundance in which of the following?

The picture below shows which biome? (Hint: it has a permafrost).

What is the term for an area between two biomes that has increased diversity?

An autotroph is an organism that CANNOT make its own food.

Temperate Deciduous Forest have the deepest and richest soils of all the Canadian Biomes

How much energy is carried forward each time energy moves from one trophic level to the next?

The Oceanic zone includes both the Bathyal and Abyssal Zones

The Neritic Zone is the deepest part of the ocean there no light can reach

Which biome is found in Southern Ontario, has a long, hot, and humid summer and has an abundance of broad leaved trees?

What is the role of decomposers in a food chain/web? (2 possible answers)

If an autotroph contained 10 000kJ, how much energy would be available to the 3rd Trophic Level?

Which organism in the image is the secondary consumer?

An herbivore is an example of an organism found in the 1st trophic level

True or false living things are known as abiotic factors?

Which organism in the food chain below is the producer (autotroph)?

Glucose and Sulfuric acid are the products of Cellular Respiration

The study of the abiotic and biotic features of an environment is called:

An herbivore is an example of and organism found in the 1st trophic level

The abundance of terrestrial life increases as the temperature and amount of precipitation increase.

The littoral zone is the region along the shore of a freshwater ecosystem.

The following characteristics represent which biome: - Long cold winter, short warm summer, mostly coniferous trees?

An ecosystem includes only BIOTIC factors

The broadest classification category is:

A group of individuals of the SAME species living in the same geographical area is called a: