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- 1. Multiple Choice
Organisms that can produce their own source of food are called...
heterotrophs
omnivores
autotrophs
herbivores
- 2. Multiple Choice
A consumer that eats only plants is called...
an omnivore
a carnivore
an autotroph
an herbivore
- 3. Multiple Choice
Herbivores are also called...
secondary consumers
primary consumers
producers
tertiary consumers
- 4. Multiple Choice
Heterotrophs that eat producers and other heterotrophs are called...
autotrophs
herbivores
carnivores
omnivores
- 5. Multiple Choice
How much energy moves from trophic level to trophic level?
100%
50%
1%
10%
- 6. Multiple Choice
Energy enters an ecosystem as...
chemicals
food
minerals
sunlight
- 7. Multiple Choice
Most of the 90% of the energy that doesn't move on from trophic level to trophic level...
is absorbed into the soil.
is used to maintain the metabolism of that particular organism.
is used to make pretty babies.
is exerted in arguments with a mate.
- 8. Multiple Choice
The picture shows what type of succession?primarysecondarytertiaryquadanary - 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the name given to lichen or algae after a primary succession?pioneer speciesvolunteer speciesfounder speciesconqueror species
- 10. Multiple Choice
After a volcanic eruption, lava covers the land. What is the order that plants grow to repopulate the area?
lichens → shrubs → soil → trees
lichens → soil → shrubs→grasses
soil → trees → shrubs → lichens
lichens → grasses → shrubs → trees
- 11. Multiple ChoiceSuccession that occurs in an area with NO SOILecological successionprimary successionsecondary successionpioneer speciles
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of succession is shown going from figure A to figure B?primary successionecological successionsecondary successionintermediate
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the correct order from oldest (happened first) to youngest (happened last) in this pond succession?A, B, C, DD, C, B, AB, A, D, CC, D, A, B
- 14. Multiple Choice
This is an example of...
Secondary succession
Primary succession
Primary consumption
Climax communities
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the most important function of pioneer species?To create rocksTo create soil and add nutrients to the environmentTo look niceFood for animals
- 16. Multiple Choice
Put these biomes in order of NPP, from highest NPP to lowest: temperate grasslands, deserts, tropical seasonal forests, midlatitude deciduous forests
temperate grasslands, tropical seasonal forests, midlatitude deciduous forests, deserts
tropical seasonal forests, temperate grasslands, midlatitude deciduous forests, deserts
tropical seasonal forests, deserts, midlatitude deciduous forests, temperate grasslands
tropical seasonal forests, midlatitude deciduous forests, temperate grasslands, deserts
deserts, temperate grasslands, midlatitude deciduous forests, tropical seasonal forests
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which is the most productive Wisconsin ecosystem?
swamps and marshes
boreal forests
midlatitude deciduous forests
grasslands
tundra
- 18. Multiple Choice
What is a keystone species?
a species that is at a high trophic level that can be used to determine the health of an ecosystem
a species that is at a low trophic level that all other organisms in the ecosystem feed on
a species, not necessarily at a certain trophic level, that all other species depend on and its absence would cause ecosystem collapse
- 19. Multiple Choice
The job of an organism within an ecosystem is also called its
habitat
biomass
niche
competition
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which of the following biomes does NOT have a simple structure?
temperate grasslands
needleleaf forests
tropical savanna
arctic tundra
temperate rainforest
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