Who am I?
Animals that eat ONLY plants are called_________
Herbivores
A bird stalks, kills, and then eats an insect. Based on its behavior, which pair of ecological terms describes the bird?
A. herbivore, decomposer
B. producer, heterotroph
C. carnivore, consumer
D. autotroph, herbivore
What is D: carnivore, consumer
What does the 10% rule in ecology state?
a. Only 10% of animals in an region will survive until adulthood.
b. Miss. Crosier only likes 10% of her students.
c. Only about 10 percent of energy stored as biomass in a trophic level is passed from one level to the next.
d. An animal species is considered extinct when only 10% of the population is left alive.
c. Only about 10 percent of energy stored as biomass in a trophic level is passed from one level to the next.
Which of these organisms would most likely be found at the bottom of an energy pyramid?
A. clams - a primary consumer
B. sardines - a primary consumer
C. sharks - a secondary consumer
D. kelp - a primary producer
D. kelp - a primary producer
What is a autotroph?
An autotroph is a "self feeder" and can also be called a producer. An autotroph often uses photosynthesis to makes it's energy.
These consumers only eat meat
What are carnivores
In what way are herbivores and carnivores alike?
a. They both use photosynthesis to make their own food.
b. They both obtain energy by consuming other organisms.
c. They both directly consume producers.
d. They both are considered to be autotrophs.
b. They both obtain energy by consuming other organisms.
Which organism receives the least amount of energy from the producers?
A. Wolf
B. Rabbit
C. Grasshopper
D. Mouse
A. Wolf
What trophic level has the most energy?
a. Producers
b. Primary Consumers
c. Tertiary Consumers
d. Secondary Consumers
a. Producers
What is a heterotroph?
These consumers eat plants and animals
What are omnivores
What is an example of commensalism?
a. A mongoose that eats parasites off a warthog.
b. A bird that eats ticks off cattle's back.
c. A golden jackal following a tiger to feed on leftovers from its kills.
d. A tick drinking blood from a deer.
c. A golden jackal following a tiger to feed on leftovers from its kills.
The removal of which of the following groups would cause an immediate decrease in the amount of energy flowing through the system?
A. Producers
B. Consumers
C. Decomposers
D. Inorganic nutrients
A. Producers
18. The Atlantic Ocean, which border’s Florida coastline, has many interconnecting food webs that link its marine life. Which of these organisms would MOST LIKELY be found at the top of an energy pyramid in the tertiary level?
a. Kelp
b. Shark
c. Clam
d. Sardines
b. Shark
The branch of biology dealing with interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment is called
a. evology
b. economy.
c. ecology.
d. modeling.
C. Ecology
These consumers get energy by eating the carcasses of other animals that have been killed by predators or have died of natural causes classified as
What are scavengers
What is an example of mutualism?
a. A clown fish living in a sea anemone for protection. The sea anemone is protected by the clown fish from being eaten by the butterfly fish.
b. A mistletoe grows on a tree stealing the tree's nutrients.
c. A barnacle using a whale for transportation. The whale does not benefit from the barnacle in anyway.
d. A flea that lives on a cat and drinks it's blood.
a. A clown fish living in a sea anemone for protection. The sea anemone is protected by the clown fish from being eaten by the butterfly fish.
How are food chains and food webs different?
a. A food chain is all of the food webs in a system. A food web outlines who is whom.
b. Food webs show all the animals in every biome and what they consume.
c. A food chain outlines who eats whom. A food web is all of the food chains in an ecosystem.
d. A food chain and a food web represent the same information and have no differences.
c. A food chain outlines who eats whom. A food web is all of the food chains in an ecosystem.
What tropic level controls populations of secondary consumers?
a. Producers
b. Tertiary Consumers
c. Apex Producers
d. Primary Consumers
b. Tertiary Consumers
The total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level is called the
d. Biomass
These consumers feed on dead and decaying organisms
What are decomposers
An example of parasitism is
a. A mongoose that eats parasites off a warthog.
b. A butterfly drinks nectar from a flower spreading pollen each time it visits a new flower.
c. A golden jackal following a tiger to feed on leftovers from its kills.
d. A tick drinking blood from a deer.
d. A tick drinking blood from a deer.
Which of the following statements correctly describes energy transformation in a food chain?
a. It is possible to create brand new energy in a food chain, but it’s not possible to destroy energy in a food chain.
b. It is possible to destroy energy in aquatic food chains, but it is possible to create new energy in an aquatic food chain.
c. Energy can be created or destroyed as needed (e.g., when a predator kills prey).
d. It is neither possible to create, nor destroy energy in a food chain. The total energy in a a food chain always remains the same before and after a transformation of energy from organism to organism.
d. It is neither possible to create, nor destroy energy in a food chain. The total energy in a a food chain always remains the same before and after a transformation of energy from organism to organism.
Which of these organisms would most likely be found at the bottom of an energy pyramid?
A. clams - a primary consumer
B. sardines - a primary consumer
C. sharks - a secondary consumer
D. kelp(seaweed) - a primary producer
D. kelp (seaweed) - a primary producer
A Population is a
a. group of individuals of different species living in the same area, but never interact
b. group of individuals that can be made up of different species living in the same area, potentially interacting
c. group of individuals of the same species living in the same area, potentially interacting.
d. group of individuals of the same species that will never interact or compete for resources
c. group of individuals of the same species living in the same area, potentially interacting.