Vocabulary
Vocabulary 2
Vocabulary 3
Vocabulary 4
Multiple Choice
100
Abiotic Factor
What is non-living conditions which can influence where plants or animals live?
100
Consumer
What is a living organism that eats other living organisms for its food needs?
100
Food Web
What is the relationships among various organisms in an ecosystem?
100
Omnivore
What is an animal that eats both plants and animals?
100
If wolves disappeared from the food web on Pg 71, what would happen? A. the grass population would increase B. the raccoon population would increase C. The grasshopper population would die off D. The shrub population would die off
What is B. the raccoon population would increase
200
Biotic Factors
What is any living component that affects another organism, including animals that consume the organism in question, and the living food that the organism consumes?
200
Decomposer
What is a living organism that breaks down dead organisms into smaller parts that can be reused by other living organisms?
200
Herbivore
What is an animal that eats only plants?
200
Photosynthesis
What is the process by which plants make make their food in their chloroplasts from sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide?
200
Which of the following is NOT part of the nitrogen cycle? A. volcanoes B. bacteria C. legumes D. plants
What is A. volcanoes
300
Carbon Cycle
What is the process by which the element carbon moves through the Earth system?
300
Decomposition
What is the process by which dead organisms break down into smaller parts that can be reused by other living organisms?
300
Lake Succession
What is the process of a lake gradually filling up with sediment?
300
Population
What is a group of the same species that come together to live in one area?
300
Which of the following is not required for a plant to start photosynthesis? A. Sugar B. Carbon Dioxide C. Sunlight D. Water
What is A. Sugar
400
Carnivore
What is an animal that eats another animal?
400
Ecology
What is the study of natural environment systems?
400
Nitrogen Cycle
What is the process by which the element nitrogen moves through the Earths system?
400
Producer
What is a plant; producers use the energy from the sun to make their own food?
400
Great horned owls and prairie falcons eat field mice that live on grass seeds. Which of the following explains the relationship between these species? A. There are three predators and a consumer B. There are three predators and a producer C. Mice and grasses are producers for the two predators D. There are two predators, one herbivore, and one producer
What is D. There are two predators, one herbivore, and one producer
500
Community
What is all of the species living in a particular area?
500
Old-field Succession
What is the process of a grassland gradually giving ways to trees?
500
Respiration
What is a process in living organisms involving the production of energy, typically with the intake of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide from the oxidation of complex organic substances.
500
Which of the following is an example of an abiotic factor affecting a biotic factor? A. Bacteria decompose leaf litter in a stream, releasing carbon dioxide B. Volcanic eruptions spew ash and dust into the atmosphere C. Runoff carries nitrogen compounds into a lake, causing algae to grow D. Aquatic grasses provide energy and nutrients to a muskrat
What is C. Runoff carries nitrogen compounds into a lake, causing algae to grow
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