Multiple Choice 1
What is the name of the job that God gave to people to manage the world?
A. dominion
B. the Fall
C. Redemption
A. dominion
What is the difference between the ways producers and consumers get energy?
A. There is no difference in the way that producers and consumers get energy
B. Producers get energy directly from the sun. Consumers get energy from producers.
C. Consumers get energy directly from the sun. Producers get energy from omnivores.
B. Producers get energy directly from the sun. Consumers get energy from producers.
Which is learned behavior?
A. dogs sitting on command
B. spiders spinning webs
C. cats catching mice
A. dogs sitting on command
Which is a biotic factor of this ecosystem?
A. a river
B. the fox
C. a mountain
B. the fox
What is a scientist who studies ecosystems called?
An ecologist
What is one reason why animals migrate?
A. to avoid weather that is too hot or too cold
B. to sleep when the food supply is too low
C. to use very little energy
A. to avoid weather that is too hot or too cold
How does the energy pyramid show the flow of energy from the rabbits to the snakes?
A. The rabbits pass only a small amount of their available energy to the snakes.
B. The rabbits pass all their available energy to the snakes.
C. The rabbits pass a small amount of their available energy to the grasses
A. The rabbits pass only a small amount of their available energy to the snakes.
Which is a biblical view of adaptation?
A. God designed organisms to adapt through small changes slowly over millions of years
B. God designed organisms with the ability to adapt to survive within a fallen world
C. God designed a tree-climbing mammal to adapt to become the cat kind and the dog kind
B. God designed organisms with the ability to adapt to survive within a fallen world
What kind of consumer is the wolf?
A. carnivore
B. herbivore
C. omnivore
A. carnivore
The lynx uses its speed and claws to hunt. When the lynx hunts, it helps control the mouse population. What is this role called?
its niche
What is a reason some animals hibernate?
A. to reduce breathing and heart rates to conserve energy
B. to search for food or water resources
C. to reproduce or to raise their young
A. to reduce breathing and heart rates to conserve energy
Which statement represents a competition?
A. A crane nests in marshes, and a hare hides in the grass.
B. A hare and a lynx drink from the same river.
C. A wolf eats a boar, and a crane eats grass.
B. A hare and a lynx drink from the same river.
What kind of symbiosis is an interaction that helps both partners or organisms?
A. commensalism
B. mutualism
C. parasitism
B. mutualism
How do energy and matter move to the wolf?
A. Energy and matter move from the jerboa to the fox to the wolf
B. Energy and matter move from the jerboa to the wolf
C. Energy and matter move from the jerboa to the grass to the wolf
A. Energy and matter move from the jerboa to the fox to the wolf
What is the difference between a community and a population?
A community is the population of all the different kinds of organisms. A population is all the organisms of one kind.
Why are decomposers important to an ecosystem?
A. God designed decomposers to add water to the ecosystem
B. God designed decomposers to add minerals and nutrients to the soil
C. God designed decomposers to eat only plants
B. God designed decomposers to add minerals and nutrients to the soil
Why does the energy pyramid have more producers than carnivores?
A. There must be more producers because the carnivores are predators.
B. There must be more producers to provide enough energy for the carnivores.
C. There must be more producers to provide an area for the carnivores to stalk prey.
B. There must be more producers to provide enough energy for the carnivores.
Which is an adaptation of organisms that helps them survive?
A. diamondback rattlesnakes lie coiled under a bush
B. salmon and red knots migrate to reproduce or to raise their young
C. bears' diet includes fruit, nuts, honey, and other plant parts
B. salmon and red knots migrate to reproduce or to raise their young
What could happen if the jerboa population began disappearing?
A. There may be fewer organisms in the fox and hawk populations
B. There may be more organisms in the wolf population
C. The competition for water resources could increase the hawk population
A. There may be fewer organisms in the fox and hawk populations
What kind of symbiosis is an interaction that helps both partners or organisms?
mutualism
Which is an instinct?
A. monkeys riding bikes
B. groundhogs hibernating
C. dogs shaking hands
B. groundhogs hibernating
Does the hawk consume all the energy the snakes produce?
A. yes
B. no
B. no
What are two reasons why Christians should learn about the interactions in ecosystems?
A. to exercise good dominion by living in habitats without destroying them
B. to exercise good dominion by clearing all the trees for a new shopping center
C. to harvest as many horseshoe crabs as the want for fishing bait
D. to obey God's command to be good stewards of His creation
A, D
Which is an abiotic factor of this ecosystem?
A. bats
B. maple trees
C. warm summer temperatures
C. warm summer temperatures
What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?
A food chain shows one food resource for each organism, but a food web shows more than one food resource for each organism.