Question 1

Put the following levels of organization in correct order from smallest to largest

Question 2

Sort the following items into the correct categories:

Question 3

Organisms that photosynthesize are called what

Accepted Answer

Autotrophs and Producers

Answer

Heterotrophs & Consumers

Answer

Autotrophs Only

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Producers Only

Question 4

Match the plant phylum with the correct organisms

Question 5

Why are Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration complimentary processes?

Accepted Answer

The products of one become the reactants of the other and vice versa

Answer

They are both carried out by the same organisms

Answer

They both produce energy

Answer

They both release energy

Question 6

Which organelle is involved in photosynthesis?

Accepted Answer

Chloroplast

Answer

Cell Membrane

Answer

Nucleus

Answer

Mitochondria

Question 7

Which organelle in Eukaryotes is where Cellular Respiration takes place?

Accepted Answer

Mitochondria

Answer

Chloroplast

Answer

Rough ER

Answer

Cell Membrane

Question 8

What are the reactants in Photosynthesis?

Accepted Answer

Carbon Dioxide and Water

Answer

Glucose and Oxygen

Answer

Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen

Answer

Glucose and Water

Question 9

What are the products of Photosynthesis?

Accepted Answer

Glucose and Oxygen

Answer

Glucose and Water

Answer

Carbon Dioxide and Water

Answer

Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen

Question 10

Organisms that have to eat a different organism for food are called:

Accepted Answer

Heterotrophs or Consumers

Answer

Autotrophs or Producers

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Consumers only

Answer

Heterotrophs only

Question 11

What are the reactants in Cellular/Aerobic Respiration?

Accepted Answer

Glucose and Oxygen

Answer

Glucose and Water

Answer

Carbon Dioxide and Water

Answer

Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen

Question 12

What are the products of Cellular/Aerobic Respiration

Accepted Answer

Carbon Dioxide and Water   (ATP)

Answer

Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen

Answer

Glucose and Water

Answer

Glucose and Oxygen

Question 13

Which process creates more ATP energy?

Accepted Answer

Cellular/Aerobic Respiration

Answer

Fermentation

Answer

Anaerobic Respiration

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The Dark Reactions

Question 14

What process describes organisms that use chemicals instead of light to produce glucose?

Accepted Answer

Chemosynthesis

Answer

Cellular Respiration

Answer

Photosynthesis

Answer

Anaerobic Respiration

Question 15

sort the following information about succession

Question 16

Photosynthesis turns light energy into:

Accepted Answer

ORGANIC   Chemical Energy

Answer

Heat Energy

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Inorganic chemical energy

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Electrical Energy

Question 17

Looking at the unlabeled ecological Pyramid, match what trophic level of organisms are in each level.

Question 18

Which consumer contains the greatest amount of energy?

Accepted Answer

Deer, Squirrel, Rabbit, Bird

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Grass, Trees, Flowers, Genetables

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The Snake, Badger, Frog

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The Panther, Eagle

Question 19

Which level contains the least amount of Biomass (Weight)?

Accepted Answer

Panther, Eagle

Answer

Grass, Trees, Flowers, Vegetables

Answer

Deer, Squirrel, Rabbit, Bird

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Snake, Badger, Frog

Question 20

Which level contains the greatest amount of energy?

Accepted Answer

Grass, Trees, Flower, Vegetables

Answer

Panther, Eagle

Answer

Snake, Badger, Frog

Answer

Deer, Squirrel, Rabbit, Bird

Question 21

The image shows water evaporating from the leaves of plants.  This process is known as:

Accepted Answer

Transpiration

Answer

Cellular Respiration

Answer

Evaporation

Answer

Photosynthesis

Question 22

What organisms drive the nitrogen cycle to recycle nitrogen between the atmosphere and biosphere?

Accepted Answer

Bacteria

Answer

Fungi

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Plants

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Animals

Question 23

What organisms are in the climax community in the image shown?

Accepted Answer

Hardwood Trees

Answer

Shrubs

Answer

Annual plants

Answer

Softwood Trees - Pines

Question 24

Sort the following items into the correct categories.  Note this list does not include all Abiotic factors:

Question 25

Too much carbon dioxide gas in the atmosphere causes global warming.  What process releases the MOST carbon dioxide gas back into the atmosphere

Accepted Answer

Burning of Fossil Fuels by Electrical Power Plants and cars

Answer

Cellular Respiration by all living organisms

Answer

Erosion of carbonate rocks

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Use of Fertilizers

Question 26

Which of the following are Density-Independent Limiting Factors?

Accepted Answer

Human Activities & Natural Disasters like Tornadoes, Flooding, etc

Answer

An Increase in Parasites/Diseases

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A Decrease in Food, Water, Living Space

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An increase in Predators

Question 27

Which of the following are Density-Dependent Limiting Factors

Accepted Answer

Competition for resources, Disease, Parasites, and Predator-Prey

Answer

Seasonal Weather changes

Answer

Natural Disasters

Answer

Humans overharvesting food

Question 28

Another word for herbivores that eat only plants would be:

Accepted Answer

Primary consumer

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Producer

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Secondary Consumer

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Omnivore

Question 29

Ask you go up each level in in a food chain or in an ecological pyramid from the producers to the top level consumers what happens to the amount of energy?

Accepted Answer

10% of the available energy makes it to the next level, 90% is lost as heat or used by the organism itself.

Answer

It increases by 100% each time, you get all of the prey's energy.

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It increases by 10% each time, 90% stays at each level

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It decreases by 100% each time, all is lost through decomposition

Question 30

What type of symbiosis occurs when 2 different organisms both benefit from a relationship together?

Accepted Answer

Mutualism

Answer

Predation

Answer

Parasitism

Answer

Commensalism

Question 31

What type of symbiosis occurs when 1 organism benefits from a relationship, but the 2nd organism neither benefits, nor is harmed?

Accepted Answer

Commensalism

Answer

Parasitism

Answer

Mutualism

Answer

Predation

Question 32

A tick transmits Lymes Disease to animals and humans?  What type of symbiosis exists between the tick and the human

Accepted Answer

Parasitism

Answer

Commensalism

Answer

Mutualism

Answer

Predation

Question 33

Organisms like Bacteria that don't have mitochondria,  or organisms that cannot use oxygen,cannot complete cellular respiration.  They  have to break down their food through fermentation which is also called?

Accepted Answer

Anaerobic respiration

Answer

The Dark Reactions

Answer

Photosynthesis

Answer

Aerobic respiration

Question 34

What do organisms need Nitrogen for?

Accepted Answer

To make DNA, RNA, Proteins, and Growth

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To make Ammonia for all organisms to use for growth.

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To be able to maintain water balance in some organisms.

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To make ammonia, nitrites and nitrates to help form bones and muscles.

Question 35

At which position would the bond be broken to RELEASE energy during cellular respiration

Accepted Answer

3

Answer

4

Answer

2

Answer

1

Question 36

The amount of food, water, space, sunlight, mates and presence of predators or diseases can reduce population sizes.  These are called:

Accepted Answer

Limiting Factors

Answer

Survival Strategies

Answer

Essential nutrients

Answer

Pioneer Species

Question 37

This is an image of exponential growth.  In order for the population to grow exponentially as shown in the graph, which of the following would have to occur:

Accepted Answer

All resources would have to be plentiful and no diseases or predators.

Answer

The genetic diversity of the species would have to increase

Answer

The species would have to move to new areas.

Answer

All resources would have to be limited, but no diseases or predators

Question 38

The number of different species of organisms living in an ecosystem refers to the:

Accepted Answer

Biodiversity

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Limiting Factors

Answer

Stability

Answer

Kingdom

Question 39

What organisms are decomposers in the food chain or food web?

Accepted Answer

Bacteria and Fungi (Mushrooms)

Answer

Rabbits and Insects

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Herbivores

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Grasses and Algae

Question 40

Both decomposers and detritivores recycle nutrients but how are detritivores different?

Accepted Answer

Detritivores  physically Ingest/eat food and recycle nutrients through their feces (poo), decomposers dissolve  & ABSORB their nutrients.

Answer

Detrivitores  only eat animal products, decomposer dissolve all

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Detritivores only recycle water, decomposers  recycle all

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Detritivores only eat plant products,  decomposers dissolve all

Question 41

Using the Ecological Pyramid, If the producers have 300 Kilocalories, How many Kilocalories will the Secondary Consumer have?

Accepted Answer

3

Answer

0.3

Answer

30

Answer

0.03

Question 42

Using the Ecological Pyramid, If the producers have 1431 Kilocalories, How many Kilocalories will the Quaternary Consumer have?

Accepted Answer

0.1431

Answer

143.1

Answer

1.431

Answer

14.31

Question 43

Looking at the Population Graph, match what is happening in the graph with the labeled sections.

Question 44

The Pioneer Species in Aquatic ecosystems would be:

Accepted Answer

Algae and Phytoplankton

Answer

Fish

Answer

Whales

Answer

Underwater grasses

Question 45

If too much Nitrogen enters aquatic Ecosystems, it can cause what problem

Accepted Answer

Eutrophication & loss of dissolved oxygen when the overgrowth of algae dies and decays.

Answer

Denitrification where plants return nitrogen gas to the atmosphere

Answer

Assimilation where fish take up too much algae by drinking the water.

Answer

Cellular Respiration where plants and animals breath back nitrogen gas into the atmosphere.

Question 46

What is the difference between a Keystone Species and an Invasive Species

Accepted Answer

Keystone species have a large positive impact on the environment they are in, but invasive species are bad because they can outcompete the native species.

Answer

Keystone and Invasive species both move into new areas and outcompete the local species.

Answer

Keystone species don't have any impact on an ecosystem at all, but invasive species can be very devastating to the ecosystem.

Answer

Invasive species are removed when their negative impact is felt, but the affect from keystone species is not seen for a very long time.

Question 47

Which organisms drive the nitrogen cycle and take nitrogen from the atmosphere and fix it to be used by other organisms?

Accepted Answer

Prokaryotic Bacteria

Answer

Eukaryotic Plants

Answer

Eukaryotic Bacteria

Answer

Eukaryotic Animals

Question 48

The climax community for most of the state of Virginia is:

Accepted Answer

Deciduous Oak Hickory Forests

Answer

Shrubs, small bushes, and tree seedlings

Answer

Bacteria Lichen and Moss

Answer

White Pine Trees

Question 49

Which two processes are important parts that Biotic organisms do in recycling Carbon in the Carbon Cycle

Accepted Answer

Respiration and Photosynthesis

Answer

Evaporation and Photosynthesis

Answer

Nitrification and Ammonification

Answer

Cellular Respiration and Transpiration

Question 50

In a line graph showing predator and prey populations, even though the lines will pass each other and go higher and lower than the other one, which line is usually the Prey Line?

Accepted Answer

The line that is taller/higher overall

Answer

The line that is shorter/lower overall

Question 51

Which of the following statements is NOT true about succession

Accepted Answer

Primary succession happens faster than secondary succession.

Answer

Secondary succession happens faster than primary because the dirt is already made.

Answer

Biodiversity will decline right after a natural disaster, but increase again as the land recovers from the disaster

Answer

Biodiversity increases in both primary and secondary as the land changes.

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