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Ecosystems Around the World Quiz

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Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 21mins
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Instructor name: Arshaaqh Begum

1. Who coined the term ECOLOGY and described the relationships between organisms and the environment?

a) Charles Darwin b) Ernest Haeckel

c) Karl Mobius d) Hong Liu

2. What is the prominent point about low tide / neap tides?

a) The sun and the moon are in line with each other b) The sun and the moon are at the right angle to
each other
c) It occurs during the first and the last quarter of the d) It occurs seven days after the spring tide
moon

3. What are the main kind of habitats in the intertidal zone?

a) Sandy shore b) Open sea

c) Rocky shore d) Coastal zone

4. In which zone of the ocean is there enough light for microscopic plants to make food?

a) Dark zone b) Coastal zone

c) Sunlit zone d) Twilight zone

5.
What colour of arrow shows the movement of minerals from the soil to the plants?

a) Brown b) Blue
c) Green d) Red

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6. Where do decomposers get their food from?

a) Minerals in the soil b) Sunlight and water

c) They prey on plants and animals d) Dead bodies and the waste of consumers and
producers

7. What part of the food web is returning the nutrients to the soil?

a) Producers b) Consumers
c) Decomposers d) Primary consumers

8. What is biomagnification?

a) The release of toxins into the environment b) The process of breaking down toxins in the body
c) The storage of toxins in the body d) The increase in toxins as you go up the food chain

9. What is the layer of the planet where living things are found called?

a) Bio space b) Biosphere

c) Vacuum d) Exosphere

10. What are some common examples of pesticides?

a) Antacids, laxatives, antihistamines b) Herbicides, fungicides, insecticides

c) Vaccines, painkillers, steroids d) Antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals

11. ____________ grass is an example of an invasive plant which was introduced from its natural habitat of the
Andes in South America into gardens
in New Zealand.

Ans.

12. A plants leaves die and fall to the ground each winter, are the leaves biotic or abiotic?

a) abiotic b) biotic

13. Is the Sun biotic or abiotic

a) abiotic b) biotic

14. If mice eat plants and insects what would they be considered?

a) Herbivore b) Ominvore
c) Carnivore

15. If a Hawk eats a mouse, that eats the cricket, who feeds on the grass, what would the hawk be considered?

a) Secondary consumer b) Primary consumer

c) Tertiary consumer

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16. an organism that performs photosynthesis is called a

a) consumer b) producer
c) heterotroph d) decomposer

17. How much energy is transferred from one level on the food chain to the next?

a) about 10% b) about 1%

c) all of it d) none of it

18. Which is an example of a BIOTIC factor?

a) algae b) sand
c) lightning d) clouds

19. An individual living thing is a/an ___________.

a) ecosystem b) organism
c) population d) habitat

20. Carnivores, herbivores, omnivores, and scavengers are all examples of __________.

a) decomposers b) producers
c) consumers d) abiotic factors

21.
The best type of food chain / ecosystem is one in which there is no top predator

a) False b) True

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22.
Why are decomposers an essential part of any ecosystem?

a) They are the most efficient producers b) They recycle nutrients back into the food web
c) Without them primary consumers population d) All of the above
would drastically increase

23. Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all _____ parts of the environment

Ans.

24.
What does biodiversity mean?

a) Only one species in an area. b) Same amount of species in an area

c) All abiotic life d) The different amount of species in an area

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25.
A diagram that shows the transfer of energy in an ecosystem by using several food chains.

a) environment b) food web

c) food chain d) ecosystem

26. In a forest ecosystem, a food chain might look like this:

green plants → rabbit → fox → panther

If the green plants are destroyed in a forest fire, which short-term effect will this have on the organisms in
this food chain?

a) There would be an increase in the fox population b) There would be more green plants for the rabbits
to eat
c) The panthers would have to begin to eat green d) There would be fewer rabbits for the foxes to
plants. eat.

27. The B in the PCBs is _______________ .

Ans.

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