Ecosystem Review

1

100

• Which of the following is a consumer?
• Grasshopper
• Mistletoe
• Strangler Fig
• Orchid

Grasshopper

200

• A natural cycle in which carbon compounds, mainly carbon dioxide, are incorporated into living tissue through photosynthesis and returned to the atmosphere by respiration, decay of dead organisms, and the burning of fossil fuels.

a

Carbon Cycle

b

Nitrogen Cycle

c

Water Cycle

d

Repetition

Carbon Cycle

300

• The branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.

a

Ecology

b

Archaeology

c

Biology

d

Herbiology

Ecology

400

• Which of the following is a correct food chain?

a

Ant, grass, bird, cat

b

Grass, ant, bird, cat

c

Bird, cat, ant, grass

d

Grass, cat, ant, bird

Grass, ant, bird, cat

500

• A model that shows one set of feeding relationships among living things

a

consumer

b

producer

c

food chain

d

food web

Food Chain

2

100

• An organism that eats other living things to get energy; an organism that does not produce its own food (related word: consume)

a

consumer

b

producer

c

decomposer

d

food chain

Consumer

200

• The correct definition of mutualism is...

a

both species benefit

b

one species benefit and the other is not harmed

c

both species are harmed

d

one species benefits and the other is harmed

Both species benefit

300

• The correct definition of parasitism is ....

a

both species are harmed

b

one species benefits and the other is not harmed

c

one species benefits and the other is harmed

d

both species benefit

One species benefits and the other is harmed

400

• The correct definition of commensalism is ....

a

both species benefit

b

one species benefits and the other is harmed

c

both species are harmed

d

one species benefit and the other is not harmed

one species benefit and the other is not harmed

500

• A population is ____

a

all of the different species in an area.

b

is the biotic and abiotic features in an area.

c

all of a particular species in a given area.

d

is one of a single species

all of a particular species in a given area.

3

100

• Mistletoe grows in the branches of the spruce tree taking nutrients from the spruce tree.

a

parasitism

b

predator/prey

c

commensalism

d

mutualism

parasitism

200

• An animal that hunts and eats another animal

a

Predator

b

Consumer

c

Producer

d

Prey

Predator

300

• An ecosystem included the _____ and _____ features

a

biotic, living

b

populations, communities

c

abiotic, nonliving

d

biotic, abiotic

Biotic, Abiotic

400

• Organisms which carry out the process of decomposition by breaking down dead or decaying organisms

a

decomposer

b

producer

c

consumer

d

predator

Decomposer

500

• All of the nonliving parts of an ecosystem

a

Abiotic Factors

b

Biotic Factors

c

Producer

d

Consumer

Abiotic Factors

4

100

• The barnacle makes a home site for itself by attaching to the whale.

a

commensalism

b

mutualism

c

parasitism

d

predator/ prey

Commensalism

200

• The yucca moth pollinates the yucca plant and lays it eggs in the plant. The larva hatch and feed on some of the seeds of the plant. Which symbiotic relationship is this?

a

mutualism

b

commensalism

c

parasitism

d

predator/prey

Mutualism

300

• What is the maximum number of a species that an ecosystem can maintain and keep healthy?

a

predation

b

maximum capacity

c

carrying capacity

d

starvation level

Carrying Capacity

400

• The first pioneering species to return to Mount St. Helens after the eruption was......

a

prairie lupin

b

elk

c

pocket gophers

d

frogs

Pocket Gophers

500

• Which of the following is NOT a producer?

a

Rose

b

Ant

c

Dandilion

d

Oak Tree

Ant

5

100

• A model that shows many different feeding relationships among living things.

a

food web

b

food chain

c

consumer

d

producer

Food Web

200

• All of the living parts of an ecosystem

a

Biotic factors

b

Abiotic factors

c

Biome

d

Niche

Biotic Factors

300

• What are the parts of an ecosystem that controls population growth.

a

biotic factors

b

abiotic factors

c

anaerobic factors

d

limiting factors

Limiting Factors

400

• A major ecological community such as grassland, tropical rain forest, or desert

a

ecosystem

b

niche

c

population

d

biome

Biome

500

• The progressive replacement of one community by another until a climax community is established.

a

Succession

b

Carbon Cycle

c

Ecology

d

Cycle

Succession