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Ecology Quiz
Study Guide
Short Answer Questions:
1. Which are the components of an ecosystem?
2. What is the primary source of energy for most ecosystems?
3. What is the process by which the water in rivers, lakes, and oceans is converted to a gas
and moves into the atmosphere?
4. Loss of water through leaves of plants is known as?
5. Which trophic level receives the highest amount of toxins?
6. A remora attaches to the shell of a sea turtle and eats the scraps the turtle doesn’t eat.
Which type of ecological interaction is this?
7. Deer and rabbits both eat grass. Which type of ecological interaction is this?
8. A boy drinks water that contains giardia and it is making him sick. Which type of
ecological interaction is this?
9. What two forces drive the water cycle?
10. The bacteria and the human. A certain kind of bacteria lives in the intestines of humans.
The human cannot digest all of the food that it eats.
The bacteria eat the food that the human cannot
digest and partially digest it, allowing the human to
finish the job. The bacteria benefit by getting food,
and the human benefits by being able to digest the
food it eats. Which type of ecological interaction is
this?
11. Species who make conditions possible for more
complex organisms is known as?
12. The process called nitrogen fixation is essential for
life on earth, how does it occur?
13. How are clouds formed?
14. What cycle is depicted in the picture on the right?
15. How does Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere get into a more usable form?
16. What is the order for primary succession?
17. What are the levels of organization from cell to biome?
18. Which of the following is in the correct order?
A. Species, Genus, Order, Family, Class, Phylum, Kingdom
B. Species, Order, Genus, Family, Class, Phylum, Kingdom
C. Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom
D. Species, Family, Genus, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom
1. animal
Common Name
19. dog
20. shark
21. rose
22. skunk
Scientific Name
not an animal
2. has wings
no wings
3. has feathers
no feathers
4. flies high
go to 2
go to 11
go to 3
go to 6
go to 4
Ochloerotatus taeniorhynchus
go to 5
23. turkey
does not fly high
Meleagris gallopavo
24. dolphin
5. often yellow
25. eagle
not yellow
Serinus canaria
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
6. lives in water
go to 9
lives on land
go to 7
7. has fluffy fur
go to 8
no fluffy fur
8. common pet
not a common pet
9. has fins
Bos taurus
Canis familiaris
Mephitis mephitis
go to 10
Haematopus ostralegus
no fins
10. razor sharp teeth
pegged, pointy teeth
11. Completely green
Not completely green
12. grows tall
does not grow tall
13. can be poisonous
not poisonous
Carcharodon carcharias
Tursiops truncates
go to 12
go to 13
Pinus ponderosa
Rhus toxicodendron
Boletus edulis
Rosa sylvestris