Chapter 5 Exam: How Ecosystems Work
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- Q1What is the ultimate source of energy for almost all organisms?the sunbacteriaproducersconsumers30s
- Q2Which of the following are two types of consumers?fungi and treesgrass and cowphotosynthesizing protist and sheeprabbit and coyote30s
- Q3What is a diagram showing the many feeding relationships that are in an ecosystem?energy pyramidfood chainfood webtrophic levels30s
- Q4What is the process in which energy from the sun is used by plants to make sugar molecules?glucose synthesisribose metabolismphotosynthesiscellular respiration30s
- Q5What are the two products of photosynthesis?oxygen and carbon dioxideoxygen and glucosewater and glucosecarbon dioxide and water30s
- Q6What illustrates the loss of energy from one trophic level to the next?food webtrophic levelsfood chainenergy pyramid30s
- Q7What are organisms that get their energy by eating other organisms?consumersdecomposersproducersautotrophs30s
- Q8Which of the following is a carbon reserve made from the remains of plants and animals that died a long time ago?All of these are carbon reserves made from the remains of plants and animals that died a long time ago.natural gascoalpetroleum30s
- Q9What is an organism that makes its own food?consumerautotrophboth producer and autotrophproducer30s
- Q10Which term describes the change that occurs on abandoned farmland?tertiary successionold field successionsecondary successionprimary succession30s
- Q11What are organisms that transform atmospheric nitrogen into usable nitrogen compounds?nitrogen-fixing bacterianitrogen-depleting bacterianoduleslegumes30s
- Q12Algal blooms result in run-off of what two nutrients?carbon and nitratesnitrogen and phosphatescarbon and phosphatesnitrates and phosphates30s
- Q13What are the first organisms to colonize any newly available area called?fernsclimax speciespioneer speciesmosses30s
- Q14Which of the following is a producer that breaks down rock?fungal specieslichenpioneer produceralgae30s
- Q15Humans are affecting the balance of the carbon cycle byburning fossil fuels.using carbonates at an alarming rate.using fertilizers.replanting the rain forests.30s