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Chapter 3 Biosphere Review
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A review of Chapter 3 The Biosphere
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During what part of the water cycle does the sun heat up liquid water and change it to gas
Condensation
Precipitation
Transpiration
Evaporation
2
Autotrophs are also called
secondary consumers
herbivores
primary producers
primary consumers
3
Energy passes in a food chain from ____ ______ to consumers
apex predators
a food web
primary producers
primary consumers
4
Only 10% of energy is passed on to the next trophic level. The rest is
Stored as fat
Used for an organism's life processes
Eliminated as waste heat
Stored as body tissue
5
A worm is a type of decomposer called a
detritivore
scavenger
carnivore
herbivore
6
Decomposers include
bacteria and viruses
bacteria and phytoplankton
termites and mushrooms
bacteria and fungi
7
A biotic factor is
any living part of the environment
any non-living part of the environment
8
____ help scientists to understand events that occur over long periods or large distances
experiments
observations
Models
Biology
9
Organisms need _____ for growth and metabolic processes
matter
energy
consumers
tools
10
What is at the base of all ecological pyramids?
Decomposers
Consumers
Producers
Scavengers
11
Biogeochemical cycling ensures that
Human activity has no effect on matter
Living organisms will not become limited in any one nutrient
Nutrients will be circulated through the biosphere
Many nutrients will not reach toxic concentrations
12
What is the term for each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a food web
Energy path
Food chain
Food pyramid
Trophic level
13
An abiotic factor includes
plants
animals
fungi
humidity
14
Which is not a type of ecological pyramid?
energy
biomass
numbers
matter
15
Plant eating animals such as cows are
Detritivores
Omnivores
Carnivores
Herbivores
16
Another term for consumer is __, meaning it must get its energy from consuming another organism
scavenger
heterotroph
detritivore
producer
17
Which is correct?
A food chain consists of many food webs
A food chain shows complex feeding relationships.
A food web shows simple, linear feeding relationships.
A food web consists of many food chains
18
Which is not an herbivore
gorilla
horse
brown bear
cow
19
What happens to this food web if a disease kills off the grains?
only the grasshoppers, birds and mice will die
all the organisms on the food web will be affected
only the mice will die since the don't eat anything else
only birds will starve
20
The lowest level of organization in ecology is
population
ecosystem
biome
species
21
The next level higher in ecology after population is
community
ecosystem
biome
individual
22
What are the three kinds of ecological pyramids
Biotic, abiotic, and nutrient
Producer, consumer, and decomposer
Energy, biomass, and numbers
Energy, nutrient, and trophic
23
The study of interactions between and among organisms and the physical environment is
Ecology
zoology
Biology
geology
24
Which is not a carnivore?
lion
dolphin
elephant
cheetah
25
The movements of energy and nutrients through living systems are different because
nergy is limited and nutrients are always available
Energy flows in one direction and nutrients recycle
Energy forms chemical compounds/nutrients lost as heat
Nutrients flow in one direction and energy recycles
26
What is stored in inorganic chemical compounds?
mechanical energy
kinetic energy
sunlight
chemical energy
27
Why can matter recycle through the biosphere?
Biological systems do not use up matter, they transform it
Matter is assembled into chemical compounds
Biological systems use only carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen
Matter does not change into new compounds
28
Nitrogen fixation is carried out primarily by
Bacteria
Humans
Plants
Consumers
29
The total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level
energy mass
trophic mass
biomass
organic mass
30
Which of the following organisms does NOT require sunlight to live?
Lichens
Chemosynthetic bacteria
Algae
Trees
31
The ultimate energy source is
the sun
Earth's core
chemicals
primary producers
32
How is energy transferred in a food chain?
By eating and being eaten
in a pyramid
by recycling nutrients
water cycle
33
Which organism cannot capture its own energy from the sun
autotroph
primary producer
heterotroph
plants
34
Another word for consumer
Producer
Heterotroph
Detritus
Autotroph
35
The bottom level on an ecological pyramid is always the
decomposers
primary producers
primary consumers
secondary consumers
36
During photosynthesis, carbon dioxide and water are converted to
carbohydrates and oxygen
carbohydrates and proteins
nitrogen and carbon
oxygen and nitrogen
37
Organisms within an ecosystem are _____ factors in that ecosystem
Biotic
Carnivores
Decomposers
Abiotic
38
The grass at the beginning of the food chain are
Heterotrophs
Primary consumers
Primary producers
Secondary producers
39
The repeated movement of water between Earth's surface and the atmosphere is called
Evaporation
Precipitation
The condensation cycle
The water cycle
40
Mites, snails, and earthworms are
producers
herbivores
decomposers
detritivores
41
What animals eat both producers and consumers
Herbivore
Autotrophs
Ominivores
Chemotrophs
42
__________ chew or grind detritus particles into smaller pieces
carnivores
detritivores
scavengers
decomposers
43
Which of the following is not correct?
Carnivore= kill and eat other animals
Herbivore = eats both plants and animals
scavenger = consume carcasses killed by predators
decomposers= feed by chemically breaking down organic matter
44
We rely on photosynthesis to produce _____ for us to breathe.
carbon dioxide
oxygen
energy
nitrogen
45
Each of the following is an abiotic factor in the environment EXCEPT
Plant life
Temperature
Soil type
Rainfall
46
Animals that get energy by eating the carcasses of animals that were already dead
Heterotrophs
Omnivores
Scavengers
Detritivores
47
Primary producers use the process of _________ to capture solar light energy.
hydrolysis
chemosynthesis
photosynthesis
transpiration
48
The __________ consists of all life on Earth and all parts of the Earth where life exists.
hydrosphere
troposphere
atmosphere
biosphere
49
What are nature's recyclers?
Decomposers
Consumers
predators
Primary producers
50
Consumers are classified by
the ways they acquire energy and nutrients
how much they can eat
size
how much energy they store
51
Which is not an autotroph?
plants
mice
Algae
certain bacteria
52
An organism that produces its own food is
a consumer
a heterotroph
a detritivore
an autotroph
53
Which process happens deepen the ocean?
chemosynthesis
evaporation
transpiration
photosynthesis
54
Organisms need nutrients in order to
Carry out essential life functions
Carry out nitrogen fixation
Recycle chemical compounds
Utilize hydrogen and oxygen
55
How do most primary producers make their own food?
Changing water into CO2.
Breaking down remains to make carbohydrates.
Chemosynthesis
Photosynthesis
56
A ___ ___ shows the more realistic feeding relationship because animals eat more than one food
food chain
food web
number pyramid
energy pyramid
57
All the interconnected feeding relationships in an ecosystem make up a food
interaction
network
chain
web
58
Plants are
Omnivores
Herbivores
Primary producers
Primary consumers
59
About ____ % of energy available at one trophic level is passed to the next level
10
100
5
50
60
Decomposers and detritivores are
scavengers
consumers
producers
autotrophs
