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ECology - Part 1
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Q1. An organism that makes its own food is called a/an
A. consumer
B. heterotroph
C. autotroph
D. chloroplast
Q2. A close interaction between tow or more different species is known as
A. symbiosis
B. commensalism
C. mutualism
D. botulism
Q3. Carbon Dioxide is the primary source of greenhouse gases and driver of climate change.
A. True
B. False
Q4. How do lichens contribute to primary succession?
A. Lichens decompose organic matter from animals and plants
B. Lichens begin to break down rock to form soil
C. Lichens are nitrogen fixing bacteria
Q5. Food, water, sunlight, air, soil are resources that are often
A. limiting factors
B. wet
C. messy
D. found in rocks
Q6. This trophic pyramid most shows
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A. how matter cycles in this ecosystem
B. how energy flows through this ecosystem
C. how energy cycles in this ecosystem
D. all the living things that live in this ecosystem
Q7. Which organism is likely to be at the beginning of a food chain for a pond?
A. Sunfish
B. Freshwater shrimp
C. Paramecium
D. Green Algae
Q8. These flowers are an example of a
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A. Organism
B. Population
C. Community
Q9. What is an "ecosystem"?
A. interdependence of organisms
B. The interaction of the living (biotic) and non-living (abiotic) of a community within their environment.
C. Photosynthesis in plants
D. Food, shelter, pollination, seed dis persal.
Q10. What is a predator
A. An animal that eats meat
B. An animal that hunts and kills its prey
C. An animal that eats dead animals that it finds
D. An animal that eats vegetables
Q11. Which of the following is not true about populations in ecology?
A. Populations are geographically based.
B. Populations include only a single species.
C. The number of individuals in any single population is the same.
D. Species that consist of only one or very few populations are particularly vulnerable to extinction.
Q12. Aaherbivore eats
A. only plants
B. only animals
C. plants and animals
D. sunlight
Q13. The lion hunting and eating an antelope is an example of:
A. symbiosis
B. cooperation
C. predation
Q14. Skunks often live in burrows that have been dug and abandoned by wood chucks.
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A. commensalism
B. mutualism
C. parasitism
D. predation
Q15. Which level of organization includes all of the other levels?
A. community
B. ecosystem
C. individual
D. population
Q16. A decomposer?
A. Eats dead plants or animals and breaks down to put nutrients in the soil
B. Eats plants or other animals for food
C. Makes its own food
D. Machine that gathers trash
Q17. A diagram that shows all possible paths of energy flow is a
A. Food chain
B. Energy pyramid
C. Food web
D. Numbers pyramid
Q18. A rock or boulder is considered
A. biotic
B. abiotic
Q19. What will a graph look like when death rate equals birth rate?
A. Increasing
B. Descreasing
C. Staying the same
D. Increasing and then Decreasing
Q20. which is NOT an autotroph
A. tree
B. plant
C. mushroom
Q21. A(n)___ is an unusually high water state in which water overflows its natural or artificial banks.
A. communities
B. wildfires
C. floods
D. landslides
Q22. Human beings are animals that eat both vegetation (plants) and meat (flesh). Using this information, which category do we best fit into?
A. omnivore
B. carnivore
C. herbivore
D. producer
Q23. Whichspeciestendtogoextinctmore frequently?
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A. narrow niche creatures
B. broad niche creatures
Q24. Why does it take less time for secondary succession to occur?
A. because there are rocks
B. because there is soil
C. because it just does
Q25. An Oak tree is an example of
A. a consumer
B. a producer
C. an herbivore
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