Food Chains
Food Webs
Photosynthesis
Biomes
Misc. Life Questions
100
What is 'A'?
100
What starts the beginning of a food chain?
Producer
100
A student wants to grow a sunflower plant. He knows it is a producer and can make its own food.
The plant needs what things to make its own food?
Sun, water, carbon dioxide.
100
This biome covers 75% of earth and can be found in or near each continent.
A. Aquatic Ecosystems
B. Grasslands
C. Rainforest
What is A Aquatic ecosystems. Oceans.
100
What do carnivores eat?
What is meat
200
Worms and mushrooms are examples of what?
What is a decomposer?
200
These two species of birds, the egret and heron, eat the same types of fish as their main diet. They live in the same ecosystem.
How would the egrets in this area MOST LIKELY respond if all of the herons were removed from the area?
They would have an increase in population.
200
What prevents the small trees in the forest from growing larger?
Less sunlight reaches the smaller trees.
200
Which biome has the most biodiversity (variety of plants and animals)?
Rainforest
200
Which energy source is most likely used for photosynthesis in environments that do not receive direct sunlight?
- artificial lights
- reflected lights
- heat from surrounding rocks
- chemical energy from hydrothermal vents
What is. A
300
What is the role of plants in a food chain or food web?
What are producers
300
How would herbivores in the grassland ecosystem be affected by a drought?
There would be fewer numbers of organism that eats producers.
300
What gas is produced in photosynthesis?
Oxygen
300
In which biome does an organism have to be able to conserve water to survive? Plants in this biome have deep roots that run down deep into the ground.
Desert
300
Which of the following terms best describes Kudzu, a plant spread across the southern UnitedStates pictured above?
A.Secondary Consumer
B.Primary Consumer
C.Invasive Species
D.Decomposer
What is C
400
How are primary consumers different from secondary consumers?
What is primary consumers are only herbivores and secondary consumers can eat meat and plants?
400
A local meadow is home to a population of groundhogs. The meadow supplies the groundhogs with food and protection from predators. If the meadow is destroyed by a fire, the population of groundhogs will _______ .
A. become extinct
B.decrease
C.increase
D.remain constant
What is B
400
Chlorophyll is PART of this producer that absorbs sunlight. Where does this take place in the plant?
The leaf
400
How are abiotic and biotic different?
Abiotic is nonliving and biotic is living
400
Local Mississippi residents have been overfishing the Ross Barnett Reservoir. What affects will overfishing have on the fish?
A. a decrease in water pollutants
B. an increase in their energy production
C. an increase in their habitat destruction
D. a decrease in demand for shelter
What is C
500
What do the arrows represent in a food chain?
What is flow of energy?
500
Look at the desert food web.
What organism will possibly die out if the feather grass were removed from the desert?
Grasshoppers
500
How do gasses enter and exit the leaf of a plant?
Through the stomata.
500
What do plants on the rainforest floor have big broad leaves?
To catch the little sunlight that makes it to the forest floor.
500
The local pond’s ecosystem can be partially represented by a food chain involving green plants,insects, frogs, and snakes. If the frog population decreased, what would be the impact on the pond’s ecosystem?
A. Frogs would begin eating plants.
B. Plants would now use insects as an energy source.
C. Insects would become energy producers.
D. Snakes would need an additional energy source
What is D