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Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Tropical
Rain Forest
Food Chains and Energy Pyramid
Miscellaneous
100
an animal that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
What is a scavenger?
100
the place where a species lives
What is a habitat?
100
Where are almost all the nutrients in a tropical rain forest?
In living things
100
A food chain is a diagram of how a. Communities are connected. b. Energy and nutrients pass among organisms in an ecosystem. c. Producers make food. d. An ecosystem develops and changes.
B, energy and nutrients pass among organisms in an ecosystem
100
What is an organism that uses up what scavengers leave behind?
Decomposer
200
an organism that uses sunlight to make sugar from water and carbon dioxide
What is a producer?
200
a consumer that eats only plants
What is a herbivore?
200
Which statement is true about the climate in a tropical rain forest? a. The amount of sunlight is the same every day b. The temperature is about the same throughout the year c. There are no short winter days d. All of the above
D, all of the above
200
How does a food web differ from a food chain? a. A food web includes producers and consumers. b. A food chain contains only organisms of the same species. c. A food web shows how energy is released. d. A food web shows that one organism might be food for several different organisms.
D, a food web shows that one organism might be food for several different organisms?
200
What is the process by which plants use sunlight to make sugar from water and carbon dioxide?
Photosynthesis
300
all the populations living together in one area
What is a community?
300
the study of the relationships among living and nonliving parts of an area
What is ecology?
300
In the rain forest, howler monkeys and leaf cutter ants are part of the same a. Population b. Species c. Community d. Niche
C, community
300
In an energy pyramid a. The organisms at each level eat those in the level below them. b. The amount of available energy increases as you move up from one level to the next. c. Producers are at the top. d. The smallest organisms are at the top.
A, the organisms at each level eat those in the level below them Bonus: Describe the first level of an energy pyramid.
300
An organism that helps to break down and decay dead organisms and the wastes of living organisms is called a(n) a. carnivore b. omnivore c. decomposer d. herbivore
C, decomposer
400
all the living and nonliving parts in an area
What is an ecosystem?
400
a consumer that eats both plants and animals
What is an omnivore?
400
What is very poor in the tropical rain forest?
soil
400
What do food chains begin with?
Producers that get energy from the sun.
400
What is a niche?
the role of a species in an ecosystem
500
an organism that consumes other organisms for food
What is consumer? Bonus: What is a consumer that eats only animals?
500
all of the members of one species that live in the same area
What is a population?
500
Which of these can be found in a tropical rain forest? a. water b. air c. sunlight d. All of the above
D, all of the above Bonus: What happens to the nutrients inside a living thing when it dies in the rain forest?
500
Why does the amount of available energy decrease as you move up the energy pyramid? a. Less sunlight is available to the organisms at the top of the pyramid b. Organisms use up some energy at each level for their life processes. c. The organisms at the top of the pyramid generate less heat. d. The organisms at the top of the pyramid are smaller in size.
B, organisms use up some energy at each level for their life processes Bonus: What do plants produce when they carry out photosynthesis? Double Bonus: What do consumers give off that producers need?
500
Some bacteria in the soil can change nitrogen compounds back into a. Nitrogen gas b. Proteins c. Sugar d. Oxygen
A, nitrogen gas Bonus: Nitrogen is used by a. plants b. animals c. decomposers d. all of the above