Chapter 13 Review Game

Questions What is the difference between an autotroph and a heterotroph

Answer Autotrophs use energy to make their own food. Heterotrophs eat other organism for food.

Questions Fire Wind Air Snail Temperature Flowers Gold Frog Water Wool From the list below, name all the abiotic factors: Fire Snail Gold Wool Hair Clouds Wind Temperature Frog Fungi Energy Tornado Air Flowers Water Soil Gravel Worms

Answer Air Energy Water Tornado Soil Fire Gravel Gold Wind Clouds Temperature Energy Tornado Fire Gold Clouds

Questions The variety of living things in an ecosystem is called _________.

Answer Biodiversity

Questions Name one omnivore in this food web.

Answer Mallard Vole Rat Mouse Sparrow

Questions Label each level of organization 1 2 3 4

Answer 1. Organism 2. Population 3. Community 4. Ecosystem

Questions 1. What are the two processes producers use to make their own food? 2. What kind energy does it one use? 3. Which one is used by most autotrophs?

Answer 2. Sunlight & Chemical 3. Sunlight 1. Photosynthesis & Chemosynthesis 2. Sunlight & Chemical 3. Sunlight

Questions Which type of pyramid used by ecologist is illustrated below?

Answer Energy Pyramid

Question How much energy is passed on to each trophic level?

Answer 10%

Questions In a fourth-level energy pyramid, if the first level contains 500 calories of energy, the third level will contain approximately ______ calories.

Answer 5

Questions What are the five different types of Heterotroph?

Answer Herbivores Carnivores Omnivores Detritivores Decomposers

Questions In the following food chain, which is the 2nd Consumer?

Answer Small fish

Questions What is the difference between habitat and niche?

Answer Habitat is the place a plant or animal lives Niche is an organism’s role in its habitat

Questions What is a trophic level?

Answer Each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a food web is called a trophic level.

Questions What organisms make up the first trophic level in a food web?

Answer Producers

Questions How many trophic levels?

Answer 4 3 2 1

Questions What is the term for an organism that has an unusually large effect on its ecosystem?

Answer Keystone Species Bonus: 1 pt What is one example of these type of organism? Examples: Beavers, alligators, Gopher Tortoises

Questions Label each step in the following food chain. 1 3 2 6

Answer 1. producer 2. 1st Consumer 3. 2nd Consumer 4. 3rd Consumer

Questions What show the flow of energy in a food web?

Answer Arrows

Questions Put the following levels of organization from smallest to largest. Population Biome Community Organism Ecosystem

Answer Organism  Population Community Ecosystem Biome

Questions What is another name for a consumer? What is another name for a producer?

Answer Consumer Heterotroph Producer Autotroph

Questions What are two examples of autotrophs?

Answer Plants, algae

Questions What is the difference between detritivores and decomposers?

Answer Detritivores Feed On Dead Plant & Animal Remains Decomposers: break down organic material into simple compounds

Questions A consumers that primarily eat one specific organism or a very small number of organisms is called __________.

Answer Specialist

Questions What is the original source of almost all energy in most ecosystems?

Answer Sunlight

Questions How might the stability of an ecosystem be affected if all of the decomposes were suddenly removed?

Answer The stability of the ecosystem would be negatively affected because without decomposers, vital nutrients would not be returned to the environment