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Ecology
Review
The ability of the environments
to function indefinitely without
declining is called
A.
B.
C.
D.
environmental sustainability
recycling
fusing
natural balance
Which of the following is NOT a
component in the solving of
environmental problems?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Space travel
Scientific assessment
Public education
Risk analysis
Political action
Which of the following examples
represents the most efficient
transfer of energy to the highest
trophic level of a food chain?
A. bee  clover  cattle  human
B. lettuce  human
C. lettuce  deer  human
D. algae  minnow trout  human
The pride of lions in the forest
of Oz is an example of a(n)
A. community
B. ecosystem
C. population
D. biosphere
A student observes that an organism is
green. A valid conclusion that can be
drawn from this observation is that
A. the organism must be a plant
B. the organism cannot be single celled
C. the organism must be an animal
D. not enough information is given to
determine whether the organism is a
plant or an animal
In heterotrophs, energy for the
life processes comes from the
chemical energy stored in the
bonds of
A. water molecules
B. oxygen molecules
C. organic compounds
D. inorganic molecules
Which situation has had the most
negative effect on the
ecosystems of Earth?
A. use of air pollution controls
B. use of natural predators to
control insect pests
C. recycling glass, plastic, and
metals
D. increasing human population
What is biodiversity?
A. The rain forest in Costa Rica.
B. The number of different species
found in an area or on the planet.
C. The number of threatened
species found on a planet.
D. The number of habitats found in
an area or on the planet.
In most habitats, the removal of
predators will have the most
immediate impact on a
population of
A. producers
B. decomposers
C. Herbivores
D. microbes
Which level most likely contain plants?
The growth rate of a population
is expressed as:
A. (b+i)-(d+e)
C. k-r
B. r-td
D. b-d
Acid rain is generally caused by
A.
B.
C.
D.
burning fossil fuels
water
Acids
animals
The law that governs the
protection of species that are
in danger of dying out is the
___.
A. Ecosystem Support Act
B. Threatened Species Act
C. Endangered Species Act
D. Extinction Prevention Act
A species that has numerous
individuals in the wild but whose
numbers are dwindling is ____.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Threatened
Protected
delisted
endangered
Peregrine falcons are endangered
in PA because of
A.
B.
C.
D.
DDT
Habitat loss
Predators
Mountain lions
Which of the following organisms
are now extinct in PA?
A. Peregrine falcon
B. Bald Eagle
C. Panda bear
D. Passenger pigeon
Vultures, which are classified as scavengers, are an
important part of an ecosystem because they
A.
Hunt herbivores, limiting their populations in an
ecosystem
B. Feed on dead animals, which aids in the recycling of
environmental materials
C. Cause the decay of dead organisms which releases
usable energy to herbivores & carnivores
D. Are the first level in food webs & make energy
available to all the other organism in the web
Which of the following is NOT a
way that water gets from the
surface of the planet to the
atmosphere?
A. transpiration
B. evaporation
C. precipitation
____ is the absorbed from the
air by plants.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Carbon dioxide
Neon
Oxygen
Nitrogen
Deforestation will most directly
result in an immediate increase
in
A. atmospheric carbon oxide
B. atmospheric ozone
C. wildlife populations
D. renewable resources
Organism that only eats plants
A.
B.
C.
D.
Herbivore
Carnivore
Decomposer
Bacteria
Includes the biosphere,
atmosphere, & lithosphere
A.
B.
C.
D.
Ecology
Biosphere
Ecosphere
Biotic
A feeding level that is a certain
number of steps away from the
sun.
A. Atom
B. Food web
C. Trophic level
D. Food chain
Non-living factor in the
environment
A.
B.
C.
D.
Biotic
Abiotic
Bacteria
Decomposer
Group formed by several
populations
A.
B.
C.
D.
Ecosphere
Ecosystem
Community
Habitat
Geo means
A.
B.
C.
D.
Land, rocks
Life
Molecules
Sinks
Element that does not enter the
atmosphere
A.
B.
C.
D.
Carbon
Phosphorus
Oxygen
Water
Number of deaths per 1000
individuals
A.
B.
C.
D.
Zero population growth
Growth rate
Doubling time
Death rate
The migration of individuals
moving from the population
A. Emigration
B. Immigration
C. Moving
Birth rate = death rate
A.
B.
C.
D.
Zero population growth
Growth rate
Doubling time
Birth rate
Concentration of pollutant
increasing as it moves up the
food chain.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Niche
Biomagnification
Carrying capacity
Germination
Role that the organism plays in
the ecosystem
A.
B.
C.
D.
Niche
Biomagnification
Carrying capacity
Germination
Worms, insects & snail
A. Invertebrates
B. Vertebrates
C. Carnivores
D. Decomposer
When seeds begin to grow
A.
B.
C.
D.
Germination
Fertilization
Pollination
Biomagnification
Two or more organs working
together to perform a function
A.
B.
C.
D.
Organs
Organs system
Cells
Organism
Our world has approximately
____ people.
A. 6 billion
B. 6.7 billion
C. 12 billion
In an ecosystem, which
component is NOT recycled?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Water
energy
oxygen
carbon
Plants that complete their life
cycles in a year or less are
called _______________.
A. biennials
B. annuals
C. perennials
D. monocots
____ is the process that allows
water to enter the atmosphere by
passing into the roots of plants
and out through the leaves.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Transpiration
Evaporation
Condensation
Precipitation
The difference between primary
and secondary succession is that
primary succession
A. results in an climax community
B. starts with the formation of soil
from bare rock
C. causes a community to change
over time
D. occurs after a farmer stops
plowing a field