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Food Chains/Webs
Ecology
Energy Pyramid
Biomes
Organization
100
When a parasitic tapeworm gets inside a dog's intestine to obtain food, who is the host?

the dog

100

A bird eats a worm.  Who is the predator?

bird

100
At each level of the energy pyramid, only ___% of the available energy is passed to the next consumer.

10%

100

Of the following, which is not a freshwater ecosystem?

lake, coral reef, pond, swamp

coral reef

100

The smallest unit of ecological organization is _______.

Organism

200

Animals that eat a variety of meats, fruits and vegetables are called ______.

omnivores

200

The study of how things interact with each other and with their environment is called...

Ecology

200

In an energy pyramid, which level has the most available energy?

Producer level

200

Which of the following is an example of a predator's adaptation?

a porcupine's needles, a shark's powerful jaws,  a frog's bright colors, a plant's poisonous chemicals

 a shark's powerful jaws
200

Which of the following is an example of a population?

a. the cats and dogs in your neighborhood

b. the park at the heart of your neighborhood

c. the rocks in your rock collection

d. the gray wolves in a forest

the gray wolves in a forest

300

Vultures and hyenas, which feed on the remains of dead organisms, are considered...

scavengers

300

What word best describes the mammals, birds, fish and plants, as well as the sun, soil, air and water in an environment?

Ecosystem

300

If an eagle eats a mouse that eats some berries, the eagle is a __________ consumer.

Secondary

300

Which biome receives less than 25 centimeters of rain per year?

Desert

300

A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species is called ________. 

Symbiosis

400

Grass is eaten by a prairie dog.  The prairie dog is eaten by a coyote.  This is an example of a ...

food chain

400

Sharks are messy eaters that swim around all day with a small Remora fish attached to their undersides.  The Remora eats any food that the shark may drop.  The Remora does nothing for the shark.  This is an example of...

Commensalism

400

Grass that gains energy from the sun is an example of a _______.

producer

400

What is an example of an abiotic element that may change an area?

introducing a new type of grass to the prairie, two bird species competing for nest habitat, water flooding a prairie, uncontrollable mold growth on trees

water flooding a prairie

400

If scientists are studying the egrets, herons, marsh crabs and spartina grass but not the water or the rocks in salt marsh, what level of ecological organization would they be studying?

Community
500

The organism in a food chain that has no arrows pointing away from it is called...

the top/apex predator

500

Bees and flowers have evolved to need one another.  Flowers receive pollination from bees as they fly from flower to flower gathering nectar.  This is an example of...

Mutualism

500
Thinking back to the Energy Pyramid, coyotes prey on prairie dogs.  In order for the prairie dog population to survive, how many prairie dogs are needed compared to coyotes?

many more prairie dogs than coyotes

500

The abiotic factor that provides the ultimate source of energy.

Sun

500

Name the 5 levels of organization in the environment from the first to the fifth.

1. organism,

2. population

3. community

4. ecosystem

5. biosphere