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Ecology Basics and Energy Role Relationships Quiz1
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- 1. Multiple ChoiceGreen plants areproducersconsumersherbivoresomnivores
- 2. 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.
- 3. Multiple ChoiceOrganisms that breaks down and absorbs nutrients from dead organismsconsumertrophic leveldecomposerspecies
- 4. Multiple ChoiceAn organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:AutotrophProducerConsumerMutualist
- 5. Multiple ChoiceConsumer that eats plantsheterotrophherbivoreproducercommunity
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe rabbit in this food web would be considered a:DecomposerProducerSecondary ConsumerPrimary Consumer
- 7. Multiple Choice
What are plants that convert energy from the sun called?
decomposer
primary consumer
secondary consumer
producer
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a producer?an organism that gets energy from eating other organismsan organisms that uses sunlight to make its own foodan organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material or wastean organism that uses chemical energy to make its own food
- 9. Multiple Choice
Ecology is the study of:
only the living things in the environment
only the nonliving things in the environment
how living things interact with each other and the nonliving things in the environment
scientists who perform research on living things
- 10. Multiple Choice
Organisms that can make their own food do so by the process of:
decomposition
respiration
photosynthesis
scavenging
- 11. Multiple Choice
What type of consumer eats plants?
Herbivore
Omnivore
Carnivore
Both herbivore and omnivore
- 12. Multiple Choice
The first organism in a food chain is ALWAYS a:
producer
consumer
decomposer
Any of the above
- 13. Multiple ChoiceA food web is composed of many...food websfood chainsfast-food chainsbike chains
- 14. Multiple Choice
Biotic means:
living organisms and the remains of living organisms
non-living
- 15. Multiple Choice
Abiotic means:
living organisms and the remains of living organisms
non-living
- 16. Multiple Choice
Spiders eat flies. When drawing the food web for this relationship, you should draw the arrow:
FROM the spider, TO the fly
FROM the fly, TO the spider
- 17. Multiple Choice
BONUS: Select the three things plants need to do photosynthesis.
Water
Glucose
Carbon dioxide
Light energy
- 18. Multiple Choice
An ecosystem is...
All of the members of a species in the same area.
All of the different species in the same area.
All of the Biotic and Abiotic factors in an area.
- 19. Multiple Choice
Decomposers...
Recycle nutrients in the ecosystem.
Provide most of the Earth's energy.
Can be considered producers because they grow in the ground.
Are mostly Abiotic.
- 20. Multiple Choice
How are primary consumers different from secondary consumers?
Primary consumers eat only plants; secondary consumers eat other consumers.
Primary consumers eat other consumers; secondary consumers eat only plants.
Primary consumers eat plants and other consumers; secondary consumers eat plants and decompose matter.
. Primary consumers eat plants and decompose matter; secondary consumers eat plants and other consumers.
- 21. Multiple Choice
Sheep are herbivores. What can you infer from this?
They are primary consumers.
They are producers.
They are secondary consumers
They are decomposers.
- 22. Multiple Choice
Through what process do producers make their own food using sunlight?
Parthenogenesis
Photosynthesis
Meiosis
Mitosis
- 23. Multiple Choice
The original source of energy for a food web is...
plants
sun
producers
decomposers
- 24. Multiple Choice
An ecosystem is made up of __________.
living things only
non-living things only
both living and non-living things
- 25. Multiple Choice
An interconnected web of the flow of energy (and what eats what) through an ecosystem.
trophic level
trophic cascade
food web
food chain
- 26. Multiple Choice
Each step or level in a food chain or food web.
trophic level
trophic cascade
food web
food chain
- 27. Multiple Choice
What happens to energy as it moves up the food chain?
It increases exponentially.
It remains constant.
It decreases due to energy loss at each trophic level.
It is completely recycled.
- 28. Multiple Choice
What role do decomposers play in a food web?
They produce their own food through photosynthesis.
They consume living plants and animals.
They break down dead organisms, returning nutrients to the soil.
They are the primary source of energy in an ecosystem.
- 29. Multiple Choice
Which of these organisms is considered to be a producer?
grass
gazelle
fox
coyote
- 30. Multiple Choice
What are plants considered to be? Select ALL that apply.
autotrophs
heterotrophs
producers
consumers
- 31. Multiple Choice
Which of these organisms is the producer?
Owl
Mouse
Grasshopper
Grass
- 32. Multiple Choice
Which of these organisms is the producer?
Owl
Mouse
Grasshopper
Grass
- 33. Multiple Choice
Which of these organisms is considered to be a producer?
grass
gazelle
fox
coyote
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