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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which kind of environment would cacti most likely is found in?
a hot, dry environment
a hot, wet environment
a cold, dry environment
a cold, wet environment
- 2. Multiple Choice
what kind of organism would be found living in the tundra?
polar bears and penguins
bacteria and mushrooms
mice and deer
lions and snakes
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of the following sequences best represents ecological succession on a recently abandoned wheat field?
Grasses-----flowering plants----shrubs----native trees
Native trees-----shrubs---flowering plants--grasses
Grasses----shrubs----native trees----flowering plants
Flowering plants---native trees---shrubs---grasses
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which of the following would represent primary succession?
The gradual establishment of a forest on an abandoned field.
The development of a plant community on a newly formed volcanic island.
The establishment of a new forest following a flood.
All of the above
- 5. Multiple Choice
A hurricane hits a coastal prairie and destroys the habitat. Years later there is an appearance of small plants with rapidly spreading roots on newly formed coastal sand dunes. This vegetation describes which of the following?
A micro habitat
Primary Succession
Secondary Succession
Biodiversity
- 6. Multiple Choice
A Biotic factor is:
Non-Living parts of the ecosystem
Weather
Living things in an ecosystem
Only thing that you can eat
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which of the following would be considered a predator?
Cricket
Mouse
Hawk
Earthworm
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements describe how a prairie ecosystem is sustained because of biodiversity?
If one organism in a food chain is removed from the ecosystem, all of the other organisms in the food chain are negatively affected.
Organisms that are adapted to a river ecosystem can move into the prairie ecosystem and adapt to the conditions there.
If a disease kills a species of mice that serve as a source of food for hawks, the hawks can eat other rodents and small reptiles.
The biggest organisms in the ecosystem will prevent the smaller organisms from overpopulating.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Ecological succession usually includes changes in all of the following except-
The number of different kinds of plants.
The number of plants of any one species.
The overall size if the dominant plants.
The rate at which species produce off-springs.
- 10. Multiple Choice
The ecosystem with the greatest sustainability will be the one that has the-
Greatest variety of different organisms.
Highest annual precipitation.
Lowest population of harmful insects.
Fastest growing season for green plants.
- 11. Multiple Choice
What would most likely occur after an ecosystem is disrupted by fire?
The ecosystem would be forever unstable
The ecosystem would eventually return to its original state.
The ecosystem would evolve into something totally different.
There would be no change in the ecosystem after the fire.
- 12. Multiple Choice
An organism that hunts another organism for food is known as a?
Prey
Predator
Animal
Plant eater
- 13. Multiple Choice
Non-living components of an ecosystem which affects the living components of an ecosystem is called?
Abiotic factor
Biotic factor
Population enhancement
Community involvement
- 14. Multiple Choice
The last stage of succession is called
Equilibrium
Climax Community
Microhabitat
Ecosystem
- 15. Multiple Choice
In an ecosystem, relationships between members fall into one of three groups?
Symbiosis, Competition, or Predation
Community, Mutualism, or Population
Commensalism, Prey, or Decomposers
Parasitism, Predator, or Producer
- 16. Multiple Choice
The first organisms to grow in a bare area are know as?
Plants
Pioneer Species
Predators
Parasites
- 17. Multiple Choice
A certain king of plant lives in a small area of a tropical Rainforest. What can you conclude?
A Tropical Rainforest does not have many plant.
A Tropical Rainforest does not have many types of animals.
All plants of a Tropical Rainforest are the same.
Not all parts of a Tropical Rainforest are the same.
- 18. Multiple Choice
Maintaining a stable balance in the body or in an healthy ecosystem is called?
Perspiration
Cooling off
Behavior
Homeostasis
- 19. Multiple Choice
Many homeostatic processes are controlled by hormones.
True
False
- 20. Multiple Choice
Hibernation is a behavior that allows dormice to survive in winter when food is scarce.
True
False
- 21. Multiple Choice
A drought occurs in a grassland biome. Many of the producers of the ecosystem do not survive the drought. How will this most likely affect the consumers in the ecosystem?
Most of the consumers will not be affected
Most if the consumers will starve or immigrate.
Most of the consumers will become producers.
Most of the consumers will move to a forest biome.
- 22. Multiple Choice
Which of the following changes in a rabbit's habitat would have the greatest negative impact on the rabbit's survival?
Extinction of one species of plant.
Introduction of a new species of plants.
Extinction of one species of predators.
Introduction of a new species of predators.
- 23. Multiple Choice
A recent study concluded that about 90% of all large predatory fish such as tuna have disappeared from the world's oceans in the past 50 years. Which of these is most likely the direct cause of this loss?
urban development near the coast.
Commercial harvesting from the ocean.
Climate change on Earth.
Acid precipitation over the oceans.
- 24. Multiple Choice
Why wouldn't you expect to find woodpeckers in a glassland biome?
Grasslands are too hot for woodpeckers to survive.
Woodpeckers need to live in a biome where there is little rain.
Grasslands are too cold for woodpeckers to survive.
Woodpeckers need food and shelter from trees, which grasslands do not have many of
- 25. Multiple Choice
Which environment supports cacti, reptiles, fennec foxes and vultures?
Ocean
Desert
Rainforest
Deciduous Forest
- 26. Multiple Choice
In which environment would you find evergreen trees, chipmunks and moose?
Desert
Tropical rainforest
Tundra
Coniferous forest
- 27. Multiple Choice
Which of the organisms above is a producer?
Sunlight
Mesquite tree
Wood rat
Bobcat
- 28. Multiple Choice
In what way do producers and consumers depend on one another?
Producers get their energy by eating consumers and consumers ger their energy by eating producers.
Producers use carbon dioxide given off by consumers and consumers use oxygen given off by producers.
Consumers produce sugar for producers to use in the process of photosynthesis.
Both producers and consumers change the energy from the sun into energy they can use.
- 29. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT needed to sustain life within the Universe?
Water
Climate
Atmosphere
Comets
- 30. Multiple Choice
Which of the following explains why different environments support different varieties of organism?
Every organism is adapted to life in a certain type of environment.
Every environment has the same basic features.
All organisms have the same basic needs.
Populations of organisms compete with each other for resources.
- 31. Multiple Choice
What will happen to the consumer in an ecosystem if all of the producers die?
The consumer will use sunlight to grow and reproduce.
The consumer will leave the area to find other food sources.
The number of consumers will decrease.
The consumers will get all their nutrients from water.
- 32. Multiple Choice
During Primary Ecological Succession, the initial formation of soil helps establish:
Grasses
Mushrooms
Shrubs
Trees
- 33. Multiple Choice
The most important thing missing in the food chain is:
A Producer
A Predator
A Scavenger
A Carnivore
- 34. Multiple Choice
All of these describe the hawk except:
A Carnivore
Predator
Producer
Consumer
- 35. Multiple Choice
Planktons are tiny organisms that are the producers in many ocean food webs. Why do these organisms live only in shallow ocean waters?
There is not enough food in the deep ocean waters.
They need oxygen from the atmosphere.
They need sunlight to make food.
They are too small to live in deep ocean waters.
- 36. Multiple Choice
A diagram that shows how much energy is available at each feeding level in an ecosystem is (an)_____.
Food Chain
Food Web
Succession
Energy Pyramid
- 37. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not included in the group?
Water
Sunlight
Soil
Plants
- 38. Multiple Choice
From where does the energy that a herbivore uses come from?
From radiant energy directly from the sun.
From chemical energy stored in producers.
From its own process of photosynthesis
From a chemical reaction when it eats other herbivores.
- 39. Multiple Choice
The many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem make up (an):
Food web
Niche
Energy Pyramid
Feeding Level
- 40. Multiple Choice
Which of the organisms are typical decomposers?
Grasses and ferns
Bacteria and mushrooms
Mice and deer
Lions and snakes
- 41. Multiple Choice
What do the arrows in the food chain represents?
The direction the energy flows
The direction the animal is walking
The decrease in energy
The increase in energy
- 42. Multiple Choice
A food pyramid shows the decrease in energy at each trophic level. How is the energy lost?
Through evaporation.
Through the activities of consumers looking for food.
Through natural decreases in metabolism.
Through the loss of photosynthesis.
- 43. Multiple Choice
If all insects (ants) are extinct, which other animals will have a hard time surviving?
I. lizards and small reptiles
II. Soil and bacteria
III. Bats
IV. Snakes
V. Coyotes
VI. Raptors
I, II, III, IV
III, VI, V, VI
I, III, IV
I, III, V, VI
- 44. Multiple Choice
Use the picture below to answer question:
Which of the organisms above gets its energy from the wastes of other organisms?
A
B
C
D
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