Transcript Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

ECOLOGY VERSION
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What is another name given to
producers?
 A. Autotrophs
 B. Herbivores
 C. Consumers
 D. Carnivores
 A. Autotrophs
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What is the term for organisms
interaction with each other and their
environment?
 A. Population
 B. Organisms
 C. Ecosystem
 D. Community
C. Ecosystem
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What two factors are considered
biotic?
 A. Water and sunlight
 C. Temperature and soil
 B. Bacteria and fungi
 D. wood and dirt
B. Bacteria and fungi
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Which of the following lists are
examples of ABIOTIC factors?
 A. Sun, Soil, Water
 B. Sun, Soil, Fungus
 C. A deer, Tree, Rocks
 D. Fungus, Rocks, Soil
A. Sun, Soil, Water
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What would happen if producers were
removed from their ecosystem?
 A. They would have
 B. It would have a great impact,
no great effect.
but the other species would adapt.
 C. Other populations
 D.It would have a great impact
would increase
and the rest of the species would suffer
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D. It would have a great impact
and other species would suffer
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What is the difference between a
food chain and food web?
 A. There is no difference.
 C. Food chain consists of a single chain.
Food web is a complex feeding network.
 B. Food chain is a complex feeding network. Food web consists of single chain.
 D. One shows trophic levels
and the other does not.
C. Food chain consists of a single chain.
Food web is a complex feeding network.
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Why are decomposers important
for an ecosystem?
 A. They can be omnivores.
 B. They return nutrients
to the environment.
 C. They capture energy
from the sun.
 D. They are producers
B. They return nutrients
to the environment.
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The water and carbon cycle are
similar in that
 A. They directly depend
 B. They use fossil fuels
 C. They both recycle
matter
 D. They both take place
mostly under ground
on photosynthesis
C. They both recycle matter
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What process allows carbon
dioxide to enter the living parts of
the ecosystem?
 A. Condensation
 C. Burning fossil fuels
 B. Precipitation
 D. Photosynthesis
D. Photosynthesis
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What happens when a population
reaches carrying capacity?
 A. Population is unaffected
 C. Population increases
 B. Population begins to stabilize
 D. Population
has unlimited
resources
B. population begins to stabilize
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Each level in the food chain contains less
energy than one before because some energy
 A. is lost as heat
 B. is consumed
by carnivores
 C. is added to
the system
 D. incorporated
into biomass
A. is lost as heat
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What is the process used by autotrophs to make their
own sources of energy?
 A. cellular respiration
 B. Photosynthesis
 C. Chemosynthesis
 D. Chloroplast
B. Photosynthesis
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What are the trophic levels shown in energy,
biomass, and number pyramids?
 A. Biome, ecosystem,
community, population
 C. primary, secondary,
tertiary consumers
 B. photosynthesis
and chemosynthesis
 D. bacteria,
fungus, consumers
C. Primary, secondary, tertiary
consumers
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Which illustration shows the total calories
Available in the ecosystem?
 A. Pyramid of
numbers
 B. Biomass pyramid
 C. Food web
 D. Energy pyramid
D. Energy pyramid
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What is the study of organisms and their
interactions with the environment?
 A. Ecology
 B. Biology
 C. Ecosystems
 D. Psychology
A. Ecology
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