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Accelerated Biology Test: Chapter 3 and 4.2
2010-2011
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. A group of organisms of different species living together in a particular place is called a
a. community.
c. biome.
b. population.
d. habitat.
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2. Refer to the illustration above. The process shown in the diagram is known as
a. primary succession
c. both a and b
b. secondary succession.
d. none of these
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3. What is the pioneer species in the illustration above?
a. soil
c. aspens
b. grasses
d. spruces
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4. What is the climax community in the illustration above?
a. soil
c. aspens
b. grasses
d. spruces
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5. When the settlers arrived in New England, many forests were turned into fields. Eventually, some fields were
abandoned and then grew back into forests. This is best described as
a. secondary succession
c. pioneer species.
b. coevolution.
d. primary succession
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6. Which of the following is a detrivore?
a. worm
b. vulture
c. plant
d. moisture
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7. Refer to the illustration above. The algae (photosynthetic) are
a. producers.
c. parasites.
b. consumers.
d. decomposers.
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8. Refer to the illustration above. The diagram, which shows how energy moves through an ecosystem, is known
as a
a. habitat.
c. food net.
b. food chain.
d. food web.
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9. Refer to the illustration above. Leopard seals are
a. producers.
c. herbivores.
b. omnivores.
d. carnivores.
____ 10. Refer to the illustration above. Killer whales feed at the
a. first and second trophic levels.
c. second and third trophic levels.
b. second trophic level only.
d. third and fourth trophic levels.
____ 11. Which of the following descriptions about the organization of an ecosystem is correct?
a. Communities make up species, which make up populations.
b. Populations make up species, which make up communities.
c. Species make up communities, which make up populations.
d. Species are grouped in populations, which make up communities.
____ 12. An organism that uses energy to produce its own food supply from inorganic compounds is called a(an)
a. heterotroph.
c. detritivore.
b. consumer.
d. autotroph.
____ 13. What animals eat both producers and consumers?
a. herbivores
c. chemotrophs
b. omnivores
d. autotrophs
____ 14. A snake that eats a frog that has eaten an insect that fed on a plant is a
a. first-level producer.
c. second-level producer.
b. first-level consumer.
d. third-level consumer.
____ 15. Only ____ percent of the energy stored in an organism can be passed on to the next trophic level.
a. 100
c. 10
b. 50
d. 0
____ 16. What is the process by which bacteria convert nitrogen gas in the air to ammonium?
a. nitrogen fixation
c. decomposition
b. excretion
d. denitrification
____ 17. Different species can share the same habitat, but competition among them is reduced if they
a. reproduce at different times.
c. increase their populations.
b. eat less.
d. occupy different niches.
____ 18. The symbiotic relationship between a flower and the insect that feeds on its nectar is an example of
a. mutualism because the flower provides the insect with food, and the insect pollinates the
flower.
b. parasitism because the insect lives off the nectar from the flower.
c. commensalism because the insect doesn’t harm the flower, and the flower doesn’t benefit
from the relationship.
d. predation because the insect feeds on the flower.
____ 19. What is one difference between primary and secondary succession?
a. Primary succession is slow, and secondary succession is rapid.
b. Secondary succession begins on soil, and primary succession begins on newly exposed
surfaces.
c. Primary succession modifies the environment, and secondary succession does not.
d. Secondary succession begins with lichens, and primary succession begins with trees.
____ 20. Cougars are predators that often eat weakened or diseased animals. This is a description of the ____ of
cougars.
a. habitat
c. niche
b. community
d. none of these
____ 21. Organisms with overlapping niches probably have which type of relationship?
a. commensal
c. mutualistic
b. competitive
d. parasitic
____ 22. What is “soil type” to an earthworm?
a. abiotic factor
b. biome
c. biotic factor
d. carbon source
____ 23. Which process describes nitrogen fixation?
a. animals eat plants containing nitrogen and return it to the soil through urination
b. bacteria take nitrogen from the air and convert it to a form usable by plants
c. organisms die and are decomposed into ammonia in the soil
d. plants take nitrogen from the air and store it in their roots
____ 24. At which stage in Figure 3-3 are the most pioneer species found?
Figure 3-3
a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D
____ 25. Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere enters the biotic parts of the biosphere through _____.
a. burning of forests
c. combustion of fossil fuels
b. photosynthesis
d. all of these
____ 26. The branch of biology dealing with interactions among organisms and between organisms and their
environment is called
a. economy
c. recycling
b. modeling
d. ecology
____ 27. The part of Earth in which all living things exist is called the
a. biome
c. ecosystem
b. community
d. biosphere
____ 28. All of the members of a particular species that live in one area are called a(an)
a. biome
c. community
b. population
d. ecosystem
____ 29. What is the original source of almost all the energy in most ecosystems?
a. carbohydrates
c. water
b. sunlight
d. carbon
____ 30. Organisms that break down and feed on wastes and dead organisms are called
a. decomposers
c. autotrophs
b. omnivores
d. detritivores
____ 31. What is an organism that feeds only on plants called?
a. carnivore
c. omnivore
b. herbivore
d. detritivore
____ 32. What is an ecological model of the relationships that form a network of complex interactions among
organisms in a community from producers to decomposers?
a. food web
c. food chain
b. an ecosystem
d. a population
____ 33. What is the term for each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a biological community?
a. energy path
c. trophic level
b. food web
d. food pyramid
____ 34. A bird stalks, kills, and then eats an insect. Based on its behavior, which ecological terms describe the bird?
a. herbivore, decomposer
c. carnivore, consumer
b. producer, heterotroph
d. autotroph, herbivore
____ 35. The repeated movement of water between Earth’s surface and the atmosphere is called
a. the water cycle
c. precipitation
b. the condensation cycle
d. evaporation
____ 36. Nitrogen fixation is carried out primarily by
a. humans
b. plants
c. bacteria
d. ammonia
____ 37. The process by which NH3 is converted into NH4.
a. nitrogen fixation
c. ammonification
b. nitrification
d. denitrification
____ 38. The process by which NO3 is converted into N2
a. nitrogen fixation
c. ammonification
b. nitrification
d. denitrification
____ 39. An interaction in which one organism captures and feeds on another organism is called
a. competition
c. mutualism
b. symbiosis
d. predation
____ 40. What type of relationship exists between E.coli inside your intestines?
a. symbiosis
c. parasitism
b. mutualism
d. commensalism
____ 41. What type of relationship exists between west nile virus and mosquitos?
a. symbiosis
c. parasitism
b. mutualism
d. commensalism
____ 42. What type of relationship exists between poison ivy and the tree it grows on?
a. symbiosis
c. parasitism
b. mutualism
d. commensalism
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