Ecology Quiz

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Ecology Quiz
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Q 1 What do we call the process of taking in
Oxygen and Glucose to make energy?
A Respiration
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Q 2 What is the source for all energy in our
solar system?
A The Sun
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Q 3 Which form of energy do plants make as a
result of Photosynthesis?
A Chemical
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Q 4 All energy from the sun arrives as what two
forms?
A Heat and Light
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Q 5 What chemicals are formed through the
process of Photosynthesis?
A Glucose Oxygen
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Q 6 Why do we call the producers producers?
A They produce their own food
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Q 7 Which level of organisms recycles waste back
into the ecosystem?
A Decomposers
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Q 8 Why did the Stromatolites die off?
A There was nothing to recycle the Oxygen they
created
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Q 9 What do the arrows in a food web represent?
A Where the energy goes
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Q 10 Humans exhale what important chemical?
A CO2
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Q 11 Why are vegetarians NOT primary consumers?
A They only eat plants by choice!
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Q 12 What do we call the non-living things in an
ecosystem?
A Abiotic Factors
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Q 13 Which level of ecosystems needs the most
energy to live?
A Secondary Consumers
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Q 14 What do all organisms compete for?
A Living Space, Energy (food), water,
reproduction, etc
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Q 15 How would an Elk population respond to the
loss of Wolves in the ecosystem?
A Likely, the Elk population would increase
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Q 16 Which type of relationship would a doctor
fish a shark be?
A Mutualism
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Q 17 Which type of relationship involves one
organism receiving a positive benefit, while the
other isnt helped or harmed?
A Commensalism
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Q 18 If the population of rabbits in an
ecosystem dropped, what would you expect the
population of wolves to do?
A The wolf population would likely drop as
wellunless they found another food source
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Q 19 What are the products of the Respiration
Reaction?
A CO2 H2O
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Q 20 A Tic that has burrowed its way into a
persons skin would be which type of relationship?
A Parasitism
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Q 21 Predators hunt what?
A Prey
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Q 22 Why are decomposers so important to
ecosystems ?
A Nothing can survive in its own waste. They
recycle the dead/waste
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Q 23 Which level of ecosystems performs
Photosynthesis?
A Producers
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Q 24 What are the products of the Photosynthesis
reaction?
A Glucose Oxygen