- 1. An organisms that breaks down dead and decaying matter
A) decomposer
B) omnivore
C) predator
D) herbivore
- 2. True or False? A volcanic eruption could be the cause of ecological succession.
A) True
B) False
- 3. An organization system that is used in taxonomy to show relatedness by ranking groups that increase in exclusivity below the greater group.
A) succession
B) hierarchy
C) saturation
D) harmony
- 4. True or False? An adaptation is a characteristic or inherited trait that makes a species able to survive and reproduce in a particular environment.
A) True
B) False
- 5. Many feeding relationships that are linked together are called a ________________.
A) food circles
B) food link
C) food string
D) food web
- 6. Which of the following is a producer?
A) ant
B) mushroom
C) clover
D) rabbit
- 7. Which abiotic disturbance has affected the ecosystems in our area of Wisconsin?
A) passing/melting of glaciers
B) volcanic eruption
C) nuclear explosion
- 8. True or False? When an animal is hunted by its predator, this is called parasitism.
A) True
B) False
- 9. Which takes longer for an ecosystem to recover from, primary succession (like a glacial retreat), or secondary succession (like a rampant forest fire)?
A) primary succession
B) secondary succession
- 10. An example of a decomposer would be ___________________.
A) bacteria that grows near the thermal vents of the ocean floor proving food for the tubeworms
B) bacteria that makes a fallen leaf look lacey
C) a garbage man
D) a parasitic worm such as a whipworm that lives in an animals intestines
- 11. The living parts in an ecosystem are called
A) abiotic factors
B) fossils
C) ecology
D) biotic factors
- 12. The nonliving parts in an ecosystem are called
A) abiotic factors
B) ecology
C) biotic factors
D) producers
- 13. Which biome is typically more dry, desert or grasslands?
A) grasslands
B) desert
- 14. Organisms that make their own food for energy without killing another living thing are called
A) carnivores
B) producers
C) consumers
D) herbivores
- 15. Organisms that cannot make their own food and get energy from other organisms are called
A) plants
B) producers
C) vegivores
D) consumers
- 16. The major source of energy for ecosystems is
A) plant growth
B) sunlight
C) the water cycle
D) decomposers
- 17. The living and nonliving factors in an environment and all their interactions
A) community
B) ecology
C) ecosystem
D) food web
- 18. Out of the biomes listed, which biome tends to have the highest biodiversity?
A) taiga
B) chaparral
C) tropical rainforest
D) tundra
- 19. All the members of a species that live in an ecosystem
A) species
B) population
C) community
D) kingdom
- 20. True or False? If the equator is 0 degrees latitude and the poles are 90 degrees latitude, the tundra tends to be found in the lower latitudes.
A) False
B) True
- 21. Which adaptation would NOT help an arctic plant survive in the tundra?
A) the ability to recover from dormancy
B) large wide, fleshy leaves
C) pine needles
D) thick insulating tree bark
- 22. Coyotes that hunt together in a pack would be an example of
A) competition
B) symbiosis
C) mutualism
D) cooperation
- 23. What type of interaction would you say this question is addressing, "Could an invasive species or new consumer be eating the frog eggs preventing the frog eggs from hatching?"
A) environment
B) reproduction
C) food
D) other organism
- 24. The guinea worm living inside Karim's leg is an example of
A) predation
B) commensalism
C) mutualism
D) parasitism
- 25. The number of different species living in an ecosystem is called
A) a biome
B) biodiversity
C) climate
D) adaptation
- 26. Acknowledging how the number of moose in an ecosystem can effect the number of songbirds through a series of feeding relationships is an example of
A) interdependency
B) classification
C) carrying capacity
D) succession
- 27. A factor that may increase the population size of the kaibab deer in the Kaibab Plateau is
A) hunting of deer
B) extermination of predators
C) reducing food source by the grazing of livestock
- 28. Give an example of a species and descibe three specific factors that could impact the population size.
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