Ecology Unit Test

Question 0

What two organisms are mainly known to be decomposers

Answer 0

Bacteria and fungi

Question 1

What is the role of the decomposer in an ecosystem

Answer 1

Decomposers breakdown dead plants and animals they also break down the waste of other organisms
If decomposers weren’t an ecosystem the plants would not get essential nutrients and dad matter and waste would pileup

Question 2

Name the type of ecological relationship
As insects fly around and feed off of the nectar of flowers they carry pollen from one flower to another helping the plants reproduce

Answer 2

Mutualism

Question 3

Heartworm is an animal that can live in the heart of dogs the warm gets nutrition but the leaves the dog malnourished

Answer 3

Parasitism

Question 4

Algae lives on the back of some turtles. The algae get transportation and a place to live the algae have no effect on the turtle

Answer 4

Commensalism

Question 5

At night I was hunting mice birds and other small animals

Answer 5

Predation

Question 6

Termites eat I’m glad but they cannot digest it themselves. Organisms living inside the termite guy just the parts of the wood for them this provides food for both organisms

Answer 6

Mutualism

Question 7

What is the word for organisms ecological roles or job within an ecosystem

Answer 7

Trophic level

Question 8

A snake lives in the forest eat small animals such as birds and lays eggs in nests that are buried in the ground identify the snake habitat

Answer 8

The rain forest

Question 9

Biotic or abiotic?

Water

Answer 9

Abiotic

Question 10

Biotic or abiotic?

Nitrogen in a living organism

Answer 10

Abiotic

Question 11

Biotic or abiotic?

Soil

Answer 11

Abiotic

Question 12

Biotic or abiotic?

Animals

Answer 12

Biotic

Question 13

Biotic or abiotic?

Trees?

Answer 13

Biotic

Question 14

Biotic or abiotic?

Nitrogen in the air

Answer 14

Abiotic

Question 15

Biotic or abiotic?

Bacteria

Answer 15

Biotic

Question 16

Biotic or abiotic

Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

Answer 16

Abiotic

Question 17

Biotic or abiotic?

Fungi

Answer 17

Biotic

Question 18

What organisms are responsible for removing carbon out of the atmosphere and how?

Answer 18

Trees and plants use photosynthesis to chemically convert the carbon dioxide to carbon-based sugar molecules

Question 19

During what processes carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere?

Answer 19

Photosynthesis

Question 20

Define evaporation

Answer 20

Changing of the liquid into a gas often under the influence of heat

Question 21

Define condensation

Answer 21

The conversion of a vapor or gas to a liquid

Question 22

Define pprecipitation

Answer 22

Water that falls to the ground as rain snow etc.

Question 23

Define collection/run off

Answer 23

Water from rain or snow that flows over the surface of the ground into streams

Question 24

Define transpiration

Answer 24

Transpiration is the process where plants absorb water to the roots and then give off water vapor through pores in their leaves an example of transpiration is going to plant absorbs water in its roots

Question 25

What is the difference between evaporation and transpiration

Answer 25

If operation occurs in water becomes paper from bodies of water transportation occurs when water leaves a plant as vapor

Question 26

Name a type of succession that would take place it's a fire destroyed forest

Answer 26

Secondary succession

Question 27

Name a type of succession that would take place is a volcano erupted

Answer 27

Primary succession

Question 28

Describe the 10% rule

Answer 28

It states that energy when passing from prey to predator is only concert rated at about 10%. For example, when do you eat the grass only 10% of the energy that the grass received from the sun is passed onto the dear

Question 29

Is a rabbit a heterotroph are in autotroph

Answer 29

Rabbits are heterotrophs

Question 30

What are the characteristics of living things

Answer 30

``` Growth Reproduction Metabolism Stimuli DNA or genetic material Cell organization Evolution ```

Question 31

Give an example of a producer

Answer 31

Grass

Question 32

Give an example of a consumer

Answer 32

``` Dear wolves Bears grasshoppers hocks ```

Question 33

What is one major difference between a producer and consumer

Answer 33

Producers are autotroph's and consumers are heterotrophs

Question 34

Give me example of a herbivore

Answer 34

Deset

Question 35

Give an example of a carnivore

Answer 35

Wolves

Question 36

Give an example of an omnivore

Answer 36

Bears and rats

Question 37

Give an example of a scavenger

Answer 37

Vultures and raccoons

Question 38

Give an example of a decomposer

Answer 38

Bacteria and fungi

Question 39

What is a detritivore

Answer 39

An animal that feeds on dead organic material especially plant detritus

Question 40

Give an example of a detritivore

Answer 40

Earthworms

Question 41

Three reasons why decomposers are vital to an ecosystem

Answer 41

Breakdown animal waste and dead organisms and released free nutrients back into the ecosystem Break down the dead organisms to where the scavengers can eat the organism that was broken down without the decomposers scavengers will die Breakdown organics into nutrients which can be used by living organisms to create new life

Question 42

An example of mutualism

Answer 42

Digestive bacteria and humans | The bacteria stays alive the humans get get help with the process of digestion

Question 43

An example of commensalism

Answer 43

Birds and trees

Question 44

An example of parasitism

Answer 44

Wasp larvae and Catapillar | Tick and dog

Question 45

What is an example of predation

Answer 45

Tigers hunting buffalo

Question 46

why is bio diverse city important

Answer 46

Biodiversity boost economic productivity were each species, no matter how small, I'll have an important role to play. For example, a large number of plant species needs a greater variety of crops. Greater species diversity is insures natural sustainability for all lifeforms They help keep our lives in balance and regulate the climate

Question 47

What are the three main components of the water cycle

Answer 47

Evaporation condensation and precipitation

Question 48

When it rains on land one of three things will happen to that water named those three possibilities

Answer 48

Infiltration Run off Transpiration

Question 49

What is the relationship between photosynthesis and respiration in the carbon cycle?

Answer 49

Photosynthesis converts CO2 into O2 , Respiration does exactly the opposite bonding carbon with O2 to make CO2

Question 50

Name three ways humans impact the carbon cycle

Answer 50

Urbanization Forest fire Burning fossil fuels