1. Ecology Quiz

2. Q 1: What do we call the process of taking in Oxygen and Glucose to make energy?
A: Respiration

3. Q 2: What is the source for all energy in our solar system?
A: The Sun

4. Q 3: Which form of energy do plants make as a result of Photosynthesis?
A: Chemical

5. Q 4: All energy from the sun arrives as what two forms?
A: Heat and Light

6. Q 5: What chemicals are formed through the process of Photosynthesis?
A: Glucose & Oxygen

7. Q 6: Why do we call the producers; “producers”?
A: They “produce” their own food

8. Q 7: Which level of organisms recycles waste back into the ecosystem?
A: Decomposers

9. Q 8: Why did the Stromatolites die off?
A: There was nothing to recycle the Oxygen they created

10. Q 9: What do the arrows in a food web represent?
A: Where the energy goes

11. Q 10: Humans exhale what important chemical?
A: CO2

12. Q 11: Why are vegetarians NOT primary consumers?
A: They only eat plants by choice!

13. Q 12: What do we call the non-living things in an ecosystem?
A: Abiotic Factors

14. Q 13: Which level of ecosystems needs the most energy to live?
A: Secondary Consumers

15. Q 14: What do all organisms compete for?
A: Living Space, Energy (food), water, reproduction, etc…

16. A: Likely, the Elk population would increase
Q 15: How would an Elk population respond to the loss of Wolves in the ecosystem?
A: Likely, the Elk population would increase

17. Q 16: Which type of relationship would a doctor fish & a shark be?
A: Mutualism

18. Q 17: Which type of relationship involves one organism receiving a positive benefit, while the other isn’t helped or harmed?
A: Commensalism

19. Q 18: If the population of rabbits in an ecosystem dropped, what would you expect the population of wolves to do?
A: The wolf population would likely drop as well…unless they found another food source…

20. Q 19: What are the products of the Respiration Reaction?
A: CO2 + H2O

21. Q 20: A Tic that has burrowed its way into a persons skin would be which type of relationship?
A: Parasitism

22. Q 21: Predators hunt what?
A: Prey

23. Q 22: Why are decomposers so important to ecosystems ?
A: Nothing can survive in its own waste. They recycle the dead/waste
Q 22: Why are decomposers so important to ecosystems ?

24. Q 23: Which level of ecosystems performs Photosynthesis?
A: Producers

25. Q 24: What are the products of the Photosynthesis reaction?
A: Glucose & Oxygen