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1
500,000 KJ of energy is produced in trophic level 1, how much energy would be available for level 4?
50 KJ
50,000 KJ
500 KJ
5,000 KJ
2
What is this a picture of?
Food web
Food chain
Parasitism
Energy pyramid
3
Which of the following is a density independent limiting factor?
Eye location on organism
Disease
Competition
Predation
4
What is not a reason cooperative group behavior is important?
Social interaction and mating
Safety and caring for young
Protection against predators
Competition for resources
5
Why is ecosystem 2 considered less resilent?
It has a low biodiversity.
It is hidden from humans.
It has the same number of species as 1.
It has a high biodiversity
6
What is the carrying capacity for the population shown?
15
500
0
600
7
Which of the following represents
intraspecific
competition?
Cattle and horses grazing in the same field.
Bull elk fighting for mates
Bear and eagle eating the same type of fish
Deer dying in a drought
8
How do producers get their energy?
By conducting nuclear fusion
By consuming organisms
By breaking down organic matter
By converting light energy into chemical energy
9
Shows the distribution of energy among trophic levels.
energy pyramid
pyramids of Egypt
pyramid of numbers
biomass pyramid
10
What amount of energy is transferred to each trophic level?
100%
10%
0%
90%
11
What is the smallest unit of life?
Species
Molecule
Atom
Cell
12
Which of the following is a biotic and an abiotic factor interacting?
A tick stealing nutrients from a dog
Bacteria decomposing a rotting log
Wind creating ocean currents
A human inhaling oxygen from the air
13
What is the difference between habitat and niche?
Niche is where they live and habitat is their role.
Habitat is where they live and niche is the type of individual they are.
Habitat is where they live and niche is their role.
There is no difference between the two
14
In the food web, which organism is a tertiary consumer?
Bee
Mountain lion
Grass
Bird
15
Pesticides are applied to a nearby field. This is an example of
Climate change
Invasive species
Pollution
Habitat loss
16
An example of a niche is
tundra
forest
grassland
pollinator
17
Meat and vegetables are examples of what type of ecosystem service?
Regulating
Support
Provisioning
Cultural
18
Group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area
ecosystem
population
community
species
19
If you remove the locust from the food chain, -
The maize population will decrease
The snake population will increase
The lizard population will increase
The lizard population will decrease
20
In the food web, which organism is a primary consumer?
Grass
Mountain lion
Bird
Bee
21
An organism is considered alive as long as it has one characteristic of life.
True
False
22
HIPCO is an abbreviation that is used to describe human causes of _____.
loss of biodiversity
biodiversity
ecosystems
ecosystem services
23
Series of steps in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy.
food web
food chain
energy pyramid
24
The study of life is
geology
biology.
ecology.
zoology.
25
What is the species richness?
14
Can't be determined
5
7
26
All the organisms that live in a place together with their nonliving environment.
species
community
ecosystem
population
27
Which of the following is an
abiotic
factor?
Fungi
Bacteria
Wheat
Carbon Dioxide
28
Which zone is the optimal zone, where species are happy/healthy?
A
D
B
C
29
The rate, or speed, at which the number of organisms in a population increases.
logistic growth
carrying capacity
exponential growth
growth rate
30
This type of limiting factor affects populations when densities are high.
limiting factors
Density independent
Density dependent
carrying capacity
31
Keystone species _____ the biodiversity of an ecosystem.
increase
decrease
32
Nutrient cycling is an example of what type of ecosystem service?
Support
Provisioning
Regulating
Cultural
33
What is this a picture of?
Parasitism
Food chain
Food web
Energy pyramid
34
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of life?
Made of cells
Movement
Homeostasis
Growth and Development
35
The role and position a species has in its environment.
niche
ecosystem
environment
habitat
36
In the food web, which organism is a secondary consumer?
Bee
Grass
Bird
Mountain lion
37
Why is niche partitioning important?
Predators are less likely to feed on birds in a variety of locations.
As more birds feed higher in the tree, available energy increases.
There is less competition for food.
More abiotic resources are available for each bird.
38
Birds eat the parasites from a croc's mouth. What's the relationship between the bird and croc?
Commensalism
Parasitism
Predation
Mutualism
39
What is another name for producer?
Sun eater
Consumer
heterotroph
Autotroph
40
Area where an organism lives, including the biotic and abiotic factors that affect it.
ecosystem
environment
niche
habitat
41
Which evnironment has a higher species evenness?
2
1
42
What is the producer in the food chain?
Hawk
Grasshopper
Snake
Grasss
43
Group of different populations that live together in a defined area.
ecosystem
community
species
population
44
Maintains conditions for life
Support
Cultural
Regulating
Provisioning
45
Heterotrophs and autotrophs are the same thing.
True
False
46
Provides goods to humans
Provisioning
Cultural
Regulating
Support
47
How do secondary consumers get their energy?
By breaking down organic matter
By eating producers
By eating other consumers
From the sun
48
A group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring
community
species
ecosystem
population
49
Education is an example of what type of ecosystem service?
Cultural
Regulating
Provisioning
Support
50
O in HIPCO stands for
Climate change
Octopus
Overharvesting
Hippo
51
Which number represents an ecosystem?
3
2
4
1
52
Used for enjoyment, scenery, religion, education
Cultural
Provisioning
Support
Regulating
53
What do the direction of the arrows in the food web show?
Where the energy is going
Movement of organisms in an environment
What organism has the most energy
Organism besties
54
What is the name of the trophic level in the energy pryamid labeled #1?
Primary consumers
Tertiary consumers
Secondary consumers
Producers
55
Flukes live in the muscles of humans and feed on the muscle tissue. What is this relationship?
Predation
Parasitism
Commensalism
Mutualism
56
Flood control is an example of what type of ecosystem service?
Cultural
Support
Regulating
Provisioning
57
The zebra and gazelle both eat grass. What is the species competiton exists between the zebra and gazelle?
Interspecific competition
Intraspecific competition
Mutualism
Predation
58
Which of the following is an example of a density dependent limiting factor?
Eye location on organism
Fire
Flood
Disease
59
Complex network of feeding relationships among the various organisms in an ecosystem.
food web
food chain
energy pyramid
60
Which number represents a community?
2
1
3
4
61
__________ growth can be classified with a j-shaped curve.
logistic
exponential
carrying capacity
62
This is a picture of a _____.
Species
Population
Community
Ecosystem
63
Limiting factor type that affects populations randomly.
density dependent
carrying capacity
Density independent
limiting factors
64
Processes that protect ecosystems from distruptions
Regulating
Provisioning
Cultural
Support
65
How do primary consumers (herbivores) get their energy?
From the sun
By breaking down organic matter
By eating other consumers
By eating producers
66
Is this a picture of growth or development?
Growth
Development
67
Which environment would have a harder time coming back from an ecosystem disturbance?
Ecosystem 1
Ecosystem 2
68
Small fish hide inside the jellyfish's stinging tentacles for protection. The jellyfish are not affected at all.
Mutualism
Parasite-Host
Predator-Prey
Producer-Consumer
69
This type of growth is shown with a s-shaped curve.
carrying capacity
exponential
logistic
70
Growth pattern in which individuals in a population reproduce at a constant rate.
carrying capacity
exponential growth
logistic growth
71
Squids consume zooplankton. What best describes this relationship?
Predation
Mutualism
Parasitism
Commensalism
72
Largest number of individuals of a particular species that a particular environment can hold.
random dispersion
carrying capacity
clumped dispersion
uniform dispersion
73
When a group of organisms move together, usually for protection.
Flocking
Resource sharing
Migrating
Hunting
74
This picture shows a _____ population density.
medium
high
low
75
In the food web, which organism is a producer?
Grass
Mountain lion
Bee
Bird
76
What is the name of the trophic level in the energy pryamid labeled #4?
Producers
Primary consumers
Tertiary consumers
Secondary consumers
77
Titles of trophic levels differ between food webs, food chains, and energy pyramids.
True
False
78
In any ecosystem, which level of an energy pyramid contains the most organisms?
Primary Consumers
Tertiary Consumers
Producers
Secondary Consumers
79
Which is an example of an biotic factor?
rock
temperature
wolf
precipitation
80
In this zone, species are stressed since it is hotter than they like it.
D
B
A
E
