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Circle of life
Ecology broadly
100
After the Fall, Adam's sin brought _______ into the world for animals and all people
a. life
b. death
death
100
all the living and nonliving things that interact together in a single area
ecosystem
100
The rabbit is the ____ of the fox
a. prey
b. predator
prey
100
When one part of a food web is changed, what does it affect?
a. only part of the food web
b. it will affect the entire web
a change in any part of a food web will affect the entire web
200
A living thing that gets its energy by eating other living things for food is called a
a. producer
b. consumer
c. decomposer
consumer
200
The area in which a population has access to food, water, and shelter would be described as the population's _________.
habitat
200
Which living things on this food web are herbivores?
rabbits, mice, grasshoppers
200
the movement of energy from one living thing to another is called a
a. community
b. ecosystem
c. food chain
food chain
300
A living thing that makes its own food and gets its energy directly from the Sun
a. producer
b. consumer
c. decomposer
producer
300
all the nonliving things that surround a living thing
environment
300
Which living things in this food web are pure carnivores (not omnivores, just carnivores)
foxes and owls
300
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of all living things?
a. being able to reproduce
b. growing and developing
c. breathing oxygen
d. responding to their environment
breathing oxygen
400
A living thing that helps break down dead things and wastes is called a
a. producer
b. consumer
c. decomposer
decomposer
400
all the living things of every kind in one area
community
400
Which animal kind on this food web is an omnivore?
birds
400
Which of the following is most likely to cause changes in an ecosystem?
a. people
b. large rocks
c. Mars
people
500
God uses _____ to keep the ecosystems in balance and control population size
a. prey
b. predators
c. decomposers
predators
500
all the living things of one kind that live in one area
population
500
Think of an ecosystem of oak trees, chipmunks, snakes, and owls. If I introduced a disease that affected the oak trees, how might that affect the rest of the food web?
If enough of the oak trees get the disease, there would be less food for the chipmunks, and thus fewer chipmunks, which is less food for both the snakes and owls, who will now need to find a new food source besides chipmunks.