20 questions
Think of all the components that contribute to the flow of energy and matter in a food web. Which of the following forms the base of the food web?
consumers
decomposers
producers
scavengers
A population of salamanders lives near a stream. A severe drought dries up the flow of the stream. What is the effect on the salamander population called?
emigration
limiting factor
immigration
biotic factor
The Everglades is a wetland ecosystem in southern Florida. How have the Everglades been affected by human activity?
Humans controlled the flow of water, which reduced the water, and organisms lost habitats and food sources.
Humans controlled the flow of water, which increased the water, and provided more habitat for organisms and humans.
Humans controlled the flow of water, but most of the Everglades natural habitat is still the same.
Humans controlled the flow of water, but the amount of farmland decreased due to natural flooding events.
Fish lice live on host fish as a parasite. The fish lice feed on the blood and other fluids in the fish. What is the likely outcome for the consuming parasite living on a host?
the host eats the parasite
the parasite dies and the host lives
the parasite and the host live symbiotically
the host dies and the parasite finds another host
Alligators live in swamp environments that have abundant water, wet soil, and grasses. Fish and turtles also inhabit their environment and provide them with food. Which of the things are living in this paragraph:
Water and wet soil
Alligators, grasses, fish, and turtles
Alligators, water, and wet soil
grasses, water, and fish
Choose the words or phrases tho complete the sentence. Limiting factors cause the size of populations to _____________ or to __________________.
Stop increasing, increase
Stop decreasing, decrease
Stop decreasing, increase
Stop increasing, decrease
A forest ecosystem has different levels of organization. Choose the correct levels of organization of the ecosystem in order so the smallest level with the fewest things to the largest level with the most things.
Community, population, ecosystem, organism
Organism, population, community, ecosystem
Population, ecosystem, organism, community
Ecosystem, organism, community, population
Groundhogs inhabiting a meadow environment drink water and rely on plants, including clover, for food. Which of the following terms describe both the water and the clover that the groundhogs consume? Choose the correct answer.
abiotic factors and biotic factors
limiting factors and resources
limiting factors and biotic factors
resources and abiotic factors
The American Plains bison is a grassland species that eats mostly grasses. By the late 1800s, hunting came close to causing this animal to disappear from the western United States. In the early 1900s, landowners and the U.S. government took steps to save the bison. The graph shows data collected in northern Yellowstone National Park between 1902 and 1915. What information do the y-axis values on the graph represent?
population size
community size
species birth rate
population density
The American Plains bison is a grassland species that eats mostly grasses. By the late 1800s, hunting came close to causing this animal to disappear from the western United States. In the early 1900s, landowners and the U.S. government took steps to save the bison. The graph shows data collected in northern Yellowstone National Park between 1902 and 1915. Which of the following events could have caused the change shown in the graph? Choose the correct answer.
Natural disaster and decrease in food
increase in shelter and departure of bison
decrease in hunting and increase in shelter
departure of bison and natural disaster
What do frogs, deer, and raccoons have in common?
consumers
decomposers
producers
scavengers
Which of the following is a producer?
fox
grass
rabbit
mushroom
A carnivore eats which of the following?
plants only
meat only
meat and plants
Fungi only
In a forest habitat, the white-tailed deer eats tree leaves and grass while a Cooper’s hawk hunts for small rodents and birds to eat. In the ground, earthworms break down dead grasses and leaves. In the forest habitat described here, the white tailed deer is classified as a
consumer
decomposer
predator
producer
Which organisms feed on the remains of dead plants and dead animals?
ominivores
herbivores
carnivores
decomposers
In the food web, what is the ultimate source of energy?
consumers
decomposers
producers
sunlight
Bears and coyotes both consume large plant-eating mammals such as deer. When the deer are in short supply, bears and coyotes may fight over the prey. This type of biological interaction is called
commensalism.
competition.
mutualism.
parasitism.
This is a type of symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit.
Commensalism
Competiton
Mutualism
Parasitism
A tapeworm is an organism that lives inside the intestines of larger animals, including man, and absorbs nutrients from its host. This type of symbiotic relationship is called
commensalism.
mutualism.
parasitism.
predation.
A lion is a _____________ of a gazella.
competitor
offspring
predator
prey