Q.1
Which event would not cause secondary succession?
  • forest fire
  • flooding of a valley
  • volcanic lava flow
  • tornado
Q.2
A lion that eats a zebra that eats grass is a
  • primary consumer
  • secondary consumer
  • tertiary consumer
  • quaternary consumer
Q.3
What is the term for each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a biological community?
  • energy path
  • food web
  • trophic level
  • food pyramid
Q.4
What is an ecological model of the relationships that form a network of complex interactions among organisms in a community from producers to decomposers?
  • food web
  • an ecosystem
  • food chain
  • a population
Q.5
Study of interactions between organisms and their environment
  • niche
  • community
  • ecology
  • ecosystem
Q.6
plants that convert energy from the sun
  • decomposer
  • primary consumer
  • secondary consumer
  • producer
Q.7
Soil and sediments is created by the physical and chemical ____________ of igneous rock.
  • Destabilization
  • Expansion
  • Weathering
  • Sublimation
Q.8
Approximatelypercent of energy iconsumed by an organism is lost to ___
  • Growth
  • Inefficiencies in its metabolism
  • Repairing cells
  • Carbon dioxide
Q.9
Nitrogen makes up _____ percent of the atmosphere.
  • 66%
  • 78%
  • 90%
Q.10
Organisms that breaks down and absorbs nutrients from dead organisms
  • consumer
  • trophic level
  • decomposer
  • species
Q.11
As you move upward, from level to level, in an energy pyramid, energy _____.
  • increases
  • decreases
  • stays the same
  • increases exponentially
Q.12
A collection of organisms that make up a community as well as all of the nonliving aspects of the environment.
  • Population
  • Community
  • Habitat
  • Ecosystem
Q.13
A graphic illustration that shows each trophic level and the amount of useable energy contained within.
  • Food chain
  • Food web
  • Energy Pyramid
  • All of these
Q.14
The living portions of the ecosystem.
  • Biotic factors
  • Abiotic factors
Q.15
An illustration that uses arrows to show the MANY possible directions in which matter and energy can pass through the organisms in an ecosystem.
  • Food chain
  • Food web
  • Energy Pyramid
  • Succession Map
Q.16
The amount of energy that usually transfers from one trophic level to the next...
  • 10%
  • 20%
  • 80%
  • 50%
Q.17
Which one is not a consumer?
  • anemone
  • bear
  • shark
  • vulture
Q.18
What does every food chain start with? (Even if it's not drawn or written there!)
  • producers
  • sun
  • consumer
  • decomposers
Q.19
What Biome is covered in a dense canopy and an understory?
  • Tropical Rain Forest
  • Desert
  • Tundra
  • Tropical Savanna
Q.20
What Biome is very dry; receives very little rainfall?
  • Tropical Rain Forest
  • Desert
  • Tundra
  • Tropical Savanna
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