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- 1. Multiple ChoiceAn individual living thing is a/an __________.habitatecosystemorganismpopulation
- 2. Multiple ChoiceAll of the nonliving parts of an ecosystem are _______.biographybioticabioticbiology
- 3. Multiple ChoiceA group of different species that live together and interact in an environment are called a/an ________.communityhabitatpopulationecosystem
- 4. Multiple ChoiceTemperature, light, air, water, and soil are all _____ parts of the environmentalivebioticabioticliving
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which is a biotic factor?FoxMountainAirSunlight - 6. Multiple ChoiceSomething that limits the size of a population.maxfactorfactor treethe x factorlimiting factor
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat happens to a population and to competition when there is a reduction of living space?The population expands and competition intensifiesCompetition strengthens while the population contracts.The population increases as competition decreasesCompetition weakens and the population decreases
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhich BEST determines the number of wolves that can live in an area?the amount of snow in the area each yearthe number of birds that live in the areathe number of trees in the areathe amount of food available in the area
- 9. Multiple ChoiceKudzu vines grow by climbing and wrapping around trees. Trees covered by kudzu can die because they are starved of sunlight. What type of relationship exists between the tree and the kudzu growing on them?competitionmutualismparasitismpredator-prey
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich BEST explains the importance of nitrogen in the cycling of energy and matter?Nitrogen increases protein production in plants.Nitrogen decreases protein production in plants.Nitrogen decreases the effectiveness of photosynthesis.Nitrogen increases the effectiveness of photosynthesis.
- 11. Multiple ChoiceIf wolves prey on deer for food, what will MOST LIKELY happen to the deer population if wolves are removed from an area where deer live?The population of deer will increaseThe population of deer will decrease.The population of deer will remain the same.The population of deer will become extinct.
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhere do plants get most of the energy they need to live and grow?watersoilairsunlight
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following organisms is a herbivore.butterflysnakefoxladybird
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following organisms is a carnivore.greenflytitmousemousebuzzard
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich organism is the top predator in this food web?leopard sealkiller whaleelephant sealcrabeater seal
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThe owl receives energy from which organisms?grasshopper and mousemouse and rabbitrabbit and butterflybutterfly and frog
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of consumer is the shrew?herbivoreomnivorecarnivore
- 18. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False. In this Food Web Pyramid Which type of consumer gets only 10% of the energy stored in plants?HerbivoreCarnivoreOmnivoreSecondary Consumer
- 19. Multiple ChoiceOnly 10 percent of the energy stored in an organism can be passed on to the next trophic level. Of the remaining energy, some is used for the organism’s life processes, and the rest isUsed in reproductionStored as body fatStored as body tissueEliminated as heat
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThe diagram represents different levels of a marine food pyramid. Between which two levels is the greatest amount of energy transferredR and QS and RT and SU and T
- 21. Multiple ChoiceA food pyramid represent the relative amount of energy in trophic levels. Which of the following correctly shows a food pyramid?ABCD
- 22. Multiple Choicean organism that makes its own foodproducerconsumerherbivorescavenger
- 23. Multiple ChoiceIn an energy pyramid, energy_______ as you move up the pyramid.IncreasesDecreasesStays the sameChanges up and down
- 24. Multiple ChoiceIn the energy pyramid here, how much of the energy in the producers gets passed to the herbivores?10%20%80%90%
- 25. Multiple Choicethe maximum number of organisms that an ecosystem can support with its resourceshabitatcarrying capacitynichepopulation
- 26. Multiple ChoiceA group of the same type of organisms living in the same place at the same time.threatened speciespopulationscommunitylimiting factor
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the original source of almost all energy in most ecosystems?carbohydratessunlightwatercarbon
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the term for each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a biological community?energy pathfood webtrophic levelfood pyramid
- 29. Multiple Choicewhich symbiosis is thisparasitismmutualismcommensalismnonalism
- 30. Multiple ChoiceWhat does a food web represent?All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.A single pathway or energy flow between organisms.How carnivores get their food.
- 31. Multiple ChoiceOrganisms that feed on both living producers and other consumers.CarnivoresOmnivoresHerbivoresDetritivores
- 32. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: It is possible for a carnivore to be a producer.FalseTrue
- 33. Multiple ChoiceA graphic illustration that shows each trophic level and the amount of useable energy contained within.Food chainFood webEnergy PyramidAll of these
- 34. Multiple ChoiceThe diagram below shows the cycling of nutrients in an ecosystem.
The removal of which of the following groups would cause an immediate decrease in the amount of energy flowing through the system?ProducersConsumersDecomposersInorganic nutrients - 35. Multiple ChoiceUse the following food chain to answer this question
Grass--> Insects--> Shrews-->Owl
What would happen if all the insects were to be eliminated?The grass would decrease and the shrews would increasethe grass would decrease and the shrews would decreasethe grass would increase and the shrews would decreasethe grass would increase and the shrews would increase - 36. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False. In this Food Web Pyramid Which type of consumer gets only 10% of the energy stored in plants?HerbivoreCarnivoreOmnivoreSecondary Consumer
- 37. Multiple ChoiceIf there is 1000 Kcal available in the producers in trophic level 1, how much energy is available in the herbivores in trophic level 2?10 Kcal1 Kcal100 Kcal1000 Kcal
- 38. Multiple ChoiceOnly 10 percent of the energy stored in an organism can be passed on to the next trophic level. Of the remaining energy, some is used for the organism’s life processes, and the rest isUsed in reproductionStored as body fatStored as body tissueEliminated as heat
- 39. Multiple ChoiceThe diagram is intended to show relationships in an ecosystem. What do the arrows represent?The direction of population migrationDifferences in dietary habitsProgressively smaller organismsThe direction of the energy flow
- 40. Multiple ChoiceA food pyramid represent the relative amount of energy in trophic levels. Which of the following correctly shows a food pyramid?ABCD
- 41. Multiple ChoiceA scientist collected data in a certain field which is shown in the diagram. He observed that these numbers remained stable over a period of time. He then introduced a large omnivore into the ecosystem. Assuming that the large omnivore was placed here by the scientist, which result can best be inferred?The birds would not be affected because they are at the top of the pyramidA large omnivore would consume energy at every trophic level, reducing the amount of energy available to each level above the producersA large omnivore would consume energy only at the first two trophic levels and the 3rd and 4th levels would be unaffectedThe omnivore had little affect because the birds would eat the omnivore’s offspring and the omnivore would die off
- 42. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the only process that removes carbon from the atmosphere?combustioncellular respirationphotosynthesisdecomposition
- 43. Multiple ChoiceWhen nitrogen gas is turned in to a form that plants and animals can use is calledCombustionPhotosynthesisDecompositionNitrogen Fixation
- 44. Multiple ChoiceThe nitrogen found in the atmosphere is not in a form that plants or animals can use. What converts it into a usable form?BacteriaPhotosynthesisDecomposition of organismsFungi
- 45. Multiple ChoiceHow much of the atmosphere is composed of nitrogen gas?87%38%78%21%
- 46. Multiple ChoiceHow do plants get the nitrogen they need?from the airfrom the soil or water in which they livefrom the Sunfrom broken-down rocks
- 47. Multiple ChoiceOrganisms that break down dead plants & animals and release nitrogen back into atmosphere...bacteriaplantsanimalsproducers
- 48. Multiple ChoiceA particular golf course is using large amounts of nitrogen fertilizer. What process could move this nitrogen into a local stream?volatilizationnitrogen fixationrunoffammonification
- 49. Multiple ChoiceWhat is happening at 1?respiration: releasing CO2decomposing CO2 in the soilphotosynthesis: absorbing CO2turning CO2 from the atmosphere into organic molecules
- 50. Multiple ChoiceHow nitrogen is "fixed" into useable form for plants...through action of bacteria onlythrough lightning onlythrough action of bacteria & lightningthrough photosynthesis
- 51. Multiple ChoiceBacteria is what kind of cell?EukaryoticProkaryotic
- 52. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of cell does not have a nucleus?eukaryoticprokaryotic
- 53. Multiple ChoiceWhat organelle is used for cellular respiraton in eukaryotes?ChloroplastMitochondriaCentriolesMatrix
- 54. Multiple ChoiceAll living things do which of the following?ChemosynthesisRespirationphotosynthesisall of the answers
- 55. Multiple ChoiceIn which way are photosynthesis and cellular respiration different?Cellular respiration stores ATP, while photosynthesis releases ATP.Cellular respiration produces oxygen, while photosynthesis uses oxygen.Photosynthesis releases energy, while cellular respiration stores energy.Photosynthesis used carbon dioxide, while cellular respiration produces carbon dioxide.
- 56. Multiple Choice
The breakdown of food (carbohydrates, lipids and in starvation conditions, proteins) to produce ATP.
Example: The breakdown of glucose
in the presence of oxygen,
occurring in autotrophs and heterotrophs.
C6H12O6 + 6O2 →6CO2+ 6H20 + ATP
Osmosis
Carbohydrates
Photosynthesis
Cell Respiration
- 57. Multiple Choice
A green organelle found in autotrophs (mostly plants and algae) that converts light energy into chemical energy (photosynthesis).
Lysosomes
Cilia
Chloroplasts
Mitochondria
- 58. Multiple Choice
A green organelle found in autotrophs (mostly plants and algae) that converts light energy into chemical energy (photosynthesis).
Lysosomes
Cilia
Chloroplasts
Mitochondria
- 59. Multiple ChoiceWhat do viruses need to reproduce?they need genetic materialThey need a host cellThey need bacteriaThey need insulin
- 60. Multiple ChoiceHow does a virus cause a person to develop the common cold?invades the host cell to reproduceremoves energy from the host cellproduces toxins in the host cellprotects the host cell from bacteria
- 61. Multiple Choiceusing living things or parts of living things to produce a product or solve a problembiotechnologytissue culturingbioremediationtransgenic
- 62. Multiple ChoiceGMO stands forGenetically Made OrganismGrowing More OrganismsGenetically Modified OrganismGrowing Many Organisms
- 63. Multiple ChoiceWhich field would most likely NOT incorporate biotechnology?AgricultureGeneticsMedicineMining
- 64. Multiple Choice_________________ is NOT a common ethical concern related to human cloning.That humans will be created who exist solely as a supply of organs for transplantsThat clones will be more prone to abnormal developmentThat parents will pay to have a child that is a clone of a famous athleteThat cloned humans will have no personality
- 65. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these would be a concern about the use of biotechnology?creation of new pathogensmaking of new vaccinesincreased opportunities for jobsincreased crop yield
- 66. Multiple ChoiceZOOPLANKTON is aHerbivoreCarnivoreOmnivoreProducer
- 67. Multiple Choice
About how much energy is LOST when an organism consumes another organism from a different trophic level?
10%
90%
50%
25%
- 68. Multiple Choice
Which answer best describes the transfer of energy as it moves up the energy pyramid?
Energy gets larger as you go up the pyramid.
Energy gets smaller as you go up the pyramid.
Energy stays the same as you go up the pyramid.
What is energy?
- 69. Multiple Choice
If the snake has 50 kJ of energy, how much does the grass have?
50
500
5000
5
- 70. Multiple Choice
If the grass has 4360 kJ of energy, how much energy does the owl get?
436
4.36
46
4360
- 71. Multiple Choice
If the rabbit has 240 kJ of energy, how much does the snake get?
240
2400
2
24
- 72. Multiple Choice
What is the study of how organisms interact with their environment?
habitat
niche
ecosystem
ecology
- 73. Multiple ChoiceAtmospheric nitrogen must be ____ first since it is essentially _____.Precipitated / LiquidRespired / PhotosyntheticUsed / LimitedFixed / Broken
- 74. Multiple ChoiceCattle egrets forage (feed) in fields among cattle. The egret gets easy access to flying insects stirred up by the cattle, and the cattle don't care if they are there or not.mutualismcommensalismcompetitionparasitism
- 75. Multiple ChoiceA tapeworm and a cat have this type of relationship.mutualismparasitismcommensalismcompetition
- 76. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of symbiosis? Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers. The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower.commensalismmutualismparasitismpredation
- 77. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of symbiosis? Skunks often live in burrows that have been dug and abandoned by woodchucks.commensalismmutualismparasitismpredation
- 78. Multiple ChoiceWhich symbols best describe parasitism?+,++,-+,0-,0
- 79. Multiple ChoiceRed-billed oxpeckers are birds that often feed on parasites that infest impala. This is an example of _______.commensalismmutualismneutralismcompetition
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