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1
When water vapor is released from liquid water
Evapotranspiration
Transpiration
Precipitation
Evaporation
2
What is the best answer for a COMMUNITY?
Group of populations living in the same place.
One population living in a single spot.
Many people living across the world.
A college where people go to learn more about the world.
3
What is the main difference between a CONIFEROUS tree and a DECIDUOUS tree
Coniferous tree never loose their leaves
Coniferous trees eat meat
Deciduous trees live in very cold places
Deciduous trees never loose their leaves
4
What is the MEASURE of the how tightly packed a population is?
Population Landscape
Population Clarity
Population Area
Population Density
5
Carnivores eat ____________.
Plants
Dead organisms
Both meat & plants
Meat
6
What is the study of organisms and their environment called?
Psychology
Ecology
Biology
Geology
7
Rhinos kick up insects for birds. The rhinos don't get anything, but they don't care.
Competition
Parasitism
Commensalism
Mutualism
8
Which of the following is a biotic factor?
water
all of the above
humans
wind
9
Which of the following would be a good example of a RENEWABLE RESOURCE?
Natural Gas
Gasoline
Coal
Solar Power
10
What is the smallest grouping of similar organisms called?
Pod
School
Family
Species
11
How do plants store carbon?
Carbon Dioxide
Carbon hydroxide
Carbon Monoxide
Carbohydrates
12
Which of the following is NOT a good example of PREY?
Cows
Fish
Humans
Grubs
13
A group of the same species living in the same area
Species
Density
Family
Population
14
If a producer has 16,000 J of energy, how much will be passed to the primary consumer?
160 J
160,000 J
1.6 J
1,600 J
15
Which of the following is NOT a reason why our human population is growing so large?
Cleaner water supplies
Humans produce a lot of trash
Better production of food
More medicines
16
Decomposers...
Make food from the sun's energy.
Are autotrophs that must consume food from other sources.
Chemically break down dead things and return nutrients to the soil.
Eat dead things.
17
Which of the following is an example of COMMENSALISM?
A tick drinks blood from a dog
A hawk eats a fish
A vulture eats the remains of food after a lion
A bee drinks nectar and brings pollen to another plant
18
Which words can be used to describe this?
Carnivore
Primary Producer
Autotroph and Primary Producer
Autotroph
19
Is this biotic or abiotic?
Abiotic
Biotic
20
Which is incorrect for why birds and insects disappear during the winter?
Too many people active
Little food available
Difficult to find unfrozen water
Temperature is too cold
21
Which of the following is NOT one of the four ABIOTIC factors in an ecosystem?
Water
Plants
Light
Soil
22
Which of the following events does NOT release pollution into the air?
Cars and factories burning gas
St. Helens volcano erupting
Burning trash to destroy it
Throwing bottles and cans into landfills
23
A negative result of organisms staying close together.
More likely to fight with other animals.
Easier to find a mate.
Can work together to find or catch food.
Difficult for predators to pick out one target.
24
Is this biotic or abiotic?
Biotic
Abiotic
25
Is this biotic or abiotic?
Biotic
Abiotic
26
How do primary producers get energy?
From eating animals
From eating plants and/or animals
From the sun
From eating plants
27
Burning fuel to produce energy, but also CO2 as a waste
Transpiration
Evaporation
Respiration
Combustion
28
What is SYMBIOSIS?
A greedy relationship
A jealous relationship
A distant relationship
A close relationship
29
Which of the organisms in the food chain represents a decomposer?
Snake
Grass
Water
Mushroom
30
A dog gets a flea. It makes him itch and might give him diseases. The flea is fat & happy.
Commensalism
Competition
Predation
Parasitism
31
Is this biotic or abiotic?
Abiotic
Biotic
32
Is this biotic or abiotic?
Biotic
Abiotic
33
Which of the following is an abiotic factor?
all of the above
wind
soil
water
34
A food chain or food web shows the flow of ____________ in an ecosystem.
Sunlight
Producers
Consumers
Energy
35
Which of the following is NOT a good example of a BIOME?
Street
Desert
Taiga
Temperate Forest
36
Is this biotic or abiotic?
Biotic
Abiotic
37
If two species have a relationship where they are helping each other out, it is called ______.
Mutualism
Competition
Parasitism
Commensalism
38
How do herbivores get energy?
From the sun
From eating animals
From eating plants
From eating plants and/or animals
39
The best tool to show energy passing from ALL organisms in an ecosystem.
Food Chain
Food Store
Food Line
Food Web
40
Which choice is not a usual reason for competition in nature?
Over anger
Over food
Over mates
Over shelter
41
What do factories and cars release into the atmosphere?
All of the above
Nitrogen
Carbon
42
A population includes all _______.
members of one species in an area.
members of an ecosystem.
living organisms in an area.
members of a certain species.
43
Is this biotic or abiotic?
Biotic
Abiotic
44
How do we find carbon the most in the atmosphere?
Carbon hydroxide
Carbohydrates
Carbon Monoxide
Carbon Dioxide
45
Where does all of the energy available to organisms come from?
The Sun
Ice Cream
Consumers
Plants
46
Which of the following is a biotic factor?
water availability
ocean current patterns
temperature
competition for food
47
A tertiary consumer has 4.5 J of energy from a food chain. How many J of energy did the producer make?
0.45 J
450 J
4,500 J
45,000 J
48
In a food chain or a food web, the arrow will always point to the ________________.
Secondary Consumer
Sun
Eater
Plant
49
Which is NOT one of the three main types of POLLUTION?
Water
Air
Ground
Physical
50
Which of the following is the best definition of an ESTUARY?
Lower end of ocean that leads to a river
The deepest part of the ocean
Lower end of a river that leads to ocean
Starting area of a stream
51
When an organism has adapted to fulfill a specific role in an ecosystem.
Niche
Job
Occupation
Profession
52
Which of the following could not happen to a LANDFILL?
Methane is released from the trash
Trash of all types will eventually break down
It can fill up with trash
Chemicals can leak into the groundwater
53
Vultures and hyenas get their energy from eating dead things. They are...
Scavengers
Primary consumers
Producers
Decomposers
54
Which of these is the biggest?
ecosystem
population
biome
biosphere
55
Which of the following is an example of PARASITISM?
A tick drinks blood from a dog
A vulture eats the remains of food after a lion
A bee drinks nectar and brings pollen to another plant
A hawk eats a fish
56
The struggle between individuals or populations for a limited resource.
Competition
Fight
Argument
Struggle
57
How do carnivores get energy?
From eating animals
From eating plants
From eating plants and/or animals
From the sun
58
Which word cannot be used to describe a PREDATOR?
Consumer
Herbivoire
Carnivoire
Meat eater
59
What is a decomposer?
Organisms that eat living animals
Organisms that "eat" by chemically breaking down dead things
Organisms that eat living plants
Organisms that use their teeth to eat meat off dead animals
60
Which of the organisms in the food chain represents a tertiary consumer?
Grass
Snake
Mouse
Owl
61
Which words describe Nemo?
Heterotroph
Primary Producer
Autotroph
Consumer
62
Which is the proper order for the FIVE LEVELS that environments are organized into.
Organism, Ecosystem, Community, Population, Biome
Biome, Organism, Ecosystem, Population, Community.
Biome, Ecosystem, Community, Population, Organism.
Community, Population, Organism, Biome, Ecosystem.
63
Which of the following is an example of MUTUALISM?
A vulture eats the remains of food after a lion
A bee drinks nectar and brings pollen to another plant
A tick drinks blood from a dog
A hawk eats a fish
64
What is this a picture of?
Food Web
Food Chain
Energy Pyramid
Primary Producers
65
Which of the organisms in the food chain represents a primary consumer?
Grasshopper
Mushroom
Snake
Mouse
66
Which of the following is NOT a type of renewable energy?
Solar Panels
Hydroelectric
Natural Gas
Wind Turbines
67
Is this biotic or abiotic?
Biotic
Abiotic
68
Which organism would you never find in a FRESHWATER BIOME?
Snails
Salamanders
Frogs
Great White Shark
69
The physical location that an organism lives
Habitat
Location
Pad
Crib
70
Which of the following is NOT an effect of HABITAT LOSS?
Biodiversity is lowered
Organisms loose their homes
Birds and insects have more places to live
Less trees can damage the soil
71
Which of the following is NOT a good example of COOPERATION?
A lion stealing a kill from hyenas
A school of fish evading a shark
Humans building homes for each other
A wolf pack hunting a deer
72
How can we classify anemones?
Carnivores
Herbivores
Scavengers
Omnivores
73
Which of the following is a heterotroph?
Sunflower
Grass
Oak Tree
Whale
74
What is the commonly found element in the atmosphere?
Hydrogen
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide
75
A producer has 2,300 J of energy, how many J will the tertiary consumer receive?
2300 J
23 J
2.3 J
230 J
76
Which of the following is a scavenger?
All of the above
Fly
Hyena
Vulture
77
The living factors in an ecosystem
Biotic
Rebiotic
Abiotic
Unbiotic
78
How do consumers get energy?
From eating plants and/or animals
From the sun
From eating plants
From eating animals
79
How do omnivores get energy?
From eating plants and/or animals
From eating plants
From eating animals
From the sun
80
What is this a picture of?
Food Chain
Primary Producers
Food Web
Energy Pyramid
81
Is this biotic or abiotic?
Biotic
Abiotic
