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A #science quiz to assess #energy transformation in the ecosystem #9th grade #biology
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glaciers melting to reveal rock
secondary succssion
primary succession
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What is a biotic factor that affects the size of a population in a specific ecosystem?
type of soil in the ecosystem
average temperature of the ecosystem
concentration of oxygen in the ecosystem
number and kinds of predators in the ecosystem
3
The top trophic level contains
carnivores
herbivores
autotrophs
producers
4
What is the original source of almost all the energy in most ecosystems?
carbohydrates
sunlight
water
carbon
5
An interaction in which one organism captures and feeds on another organism is called
predation
mutualism
competition
symbiosis
6
Yeast is classified in the Kingdom Protista.
False
True
7
Birds nesting on the branches of trees get a safe place. Trees are unaffected.
mutualism
predation
parasitism
commensalism
8
Is this the correct order? Kingdom, Phylum, Order, Family, Class, Species, Genus
No
Yes
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Mammals are classified as members of the Kingdom
Fungi
Animalia
Plantae
Protista
10
Primary succession can begin after
farming
severe storm
lava flow
fire
11
The grasshopper eats what according to this food web?
grass
mice
frogs
sparrows
12
The symbiotic relationship between a flower and the insect that feeds on its nectar is
predation
mutualism
parasitism
commensalism
13
If the population of sparrows went down the grasshopper population would most likely...
increase
decrease
14
The organisms on Earth do not run out of raw materials because
Every food chain begins with a producer.
Energy is passed between organisms as they eat each other
Raw materials are recycled in an ecosystem.
All populations within a community interact.
15
An experiment tests the effect of temperature on bacterial growth. Independent Variable?
Reproduction rate
Temperature
Number of bacteria
Length of the experiment
16
Aristotle classified animals according to
evolution
structure
nutrition
habitat
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hurricane destroys the land and everything grows back
primary succession
secondary succession
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Which organism in this food chain would be considered a secondary consumer?
Zooplankton
Small fishes
Squid
Shark
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Which is required of all living things?
oxygen
energy
mobility
sunlight
20
Plants are:
carnivores
producers
heterotrophs
omnivores
21
The omnivore in this food web is
hawks
foxes
mice
grass
22
% of the original energy of a producer available to organism on third trophic level
1 %
100 %
0.1 %
10 %
23
The primary consumers in this food web are the?
rabbits, mice, grasshoppers
rabbits, foxes
mice, rabbits
frogs, mice
24
A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit is
commensalism
parasitism
mutualism
predation
25
Which of the following constitutes the basic structural organization of life?
weather conditions in a habitat
species living in an environment
cells that make up tissues and structures
cell organelles that combine to form nuclei
26
A biotic or an abiotic resource in the environment that causes population size to decrease is a
limiting nutrient
growth factor
limiting factor
carrying capacity
27
What is the dependent variable in this graph?
rectangular prisms
different decades
% of texts
different sciences
28
In order to maintain homeostasis, it is most important for an animal to be able to
increase its prey population
respond to its environment
change its habitat
hide from its predators
29
The combined portions of Earth in which all living things exist is called the
population
biome
biosphere
atmosphere
30
What is one difference between primary and secondary succession?
Secondary begins with lichens and primary begins with trees
Primary modifies the environment and secondary doesn't
Secondary begins on soil and primary begins on new surfaces
Primary is slow and secondary succession is rapid.
31
All of the members of a particular species that live in one area are called a(n)
community
organism
population
biome
32
This tropic level has autotrophs
tertiary consumers
heterotrophs
secondary consumers
producers
33
What is the niche of an earthworm in any food web or food chain?
decomposer
producer
carnivore
herbivore
34
What is the term for each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a food web?
food chain
food pyramid
trophic level
energy path
35
all the organisms living in an area
population
organism
community
ecosystem
36
All the interconnected feeding relationships in an ecosystem make up a food
chain
interaction
web
network
37
Which of these is not an example of the body maintaining homeostasis?
red blood cells delivering oxygen
lungs absorbing oxygen
emergence of an evolutionary adaptation
insulin production in the pancreas
38
Tiger and
Panthera tigris
are different names for the same organism. Panthera is the:
kingdom
genus
domain
species
