Ecology Practice Test
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- 1.Check off all the choices that are valid MAJOR characteristics of organisms.
- A.
Take in materials from environment to make energy and release wastes
- B.
Complicated chemical organization
- C.
Complicated structural organization
- D.
Complicated organ organization
- E.
Contain genetic material like DNA or PNA
- F.
Respond to other organisms
- G.
Grow and Develop
- H.
Respond to environment
- I.
Reproduce asexually
- J.
Communication
- K.
Movement
- 2.All living things need:
- A.
Sunlight
- B.
A circulatory system
- C.
Energy
- D.
Love & companionship
- 3.Energy is electrical force.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.The energy stored as organic molecules in organisms is called:
- A.
Organismal energy
- B.
Chemical energy
- C.
Kinetic energy
- D.
Potential energy
- 5.Free energy is energy that:
- A.
Is free in the environment
- B.
Is not in organisms
- C.
That can do work
- D.
That is found in a nitrogen compound
- 6.Raw materials that are required to make complex molecules are called __________
- 7.Check off the heterotrophs.
- A.
Jellyfish
- B.
Sea Urchin
- C.
Kelp
- D.
Otter
- E.
Apple tree
- F.
Grass
- G.
Mushroom
- H.
Opossum
- 8.Organisms that can make their own food are called _________
- 9.A kilocalorie, or Calorie, is equivelent to 1000 calories.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.A calorimeter can be used to:
- A.
Find the amount of energy in a food
- B.
Liquefy foods for consumption
- C.
Measure the number of Calories in a human
- D.
Break down energy
- 11.________ is a process used by autotrophs to take carbon dioxide and water and create organic compounds for energy.
- 12.Autotrophs that use photosynthesis are known as:
- A.
Plants
- B.
Chlorophyll
- C.
Chemoautotrophs
- D.
Photoautotrophs
- 13.A process for autotrophs that uses inorganic compounds instead of light to create energy is called:
- A.
Cellular respiration
- B.
Chemosynthesis
- C.
Photosynthesis
- D.
Autosynthesis
- 14.All energy in organisms on Earth can be traced back to the ________
- 15.Autotrophs are the consumers; heterotrophs are the producers.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 16.Heterotrophs that break down and use dead plants and animals for food are called ________
- 17.A diagram that shows producers, consumers, and decomposers is a:
- A.
Biosphere
- B.
Food Web
- C.
Foodcast
- D.
Energy flow
- 18._______ factors, or nonliving factors, such as soil, minerals, water, and weather, are necessary for organisms in a food web to survive.
- 19.Organisms are the biotic factors in a food web.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 20.The abiotic and biotic factors of an area make a:
- A.
Ecosystem
- B.
Environment
- C.
Habitat
- D.
Niche
- 21.A place in an ecosystem where particular organisms live is called a _________
- 22.All ecosystems make up Earth's __________
- 23.
![Name the correct sequence of energy movement.
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Name the correct sequence of energy movement.- A.
Deer-->Grass-->Rabbit
- B.
Grass-->Rabbit-->Deer
- C.
Grass-->Rabbit-->Hawk
- D.
Grass-->Rabbit-->Fox
- 24.
![Which organisms are the producers? - ProProfs]( "Which organisms are the producers?")
Which organisms are the producers?- A.
Tree and grass
- B.
Hawk and fox
- C.
Rabbit and grass
- D.
Deer and tree
- 25.
![Secondary consumers include: - ProProfs]( "Secondary consumers include:")
Secondary consumers include:- A.
Rabbit, Hawk, Tree
- B.
Hawk, Owl, Deer
- C.
Hawk, Owl, Fox
- D.
Tree and Grass
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