Ecosystems Unit Test

Question 1

Sunlight is used to convert water and carbon dioxide into glucose and oxygen

Answer 1

Photosynthesis

Question 2

Chemical energy stored inside this molecule: C6H12O6

Answer 2

Glucose

Question 3

The organelle specialized for photosynthesis

Answer 3

Chloroplast

Question 4

Plants get this type of energy from the sun

Answer 4

Light energy

Question 5

A relationship between two or more organisms that rely on the same source

Answer 5

Competition

Question 6

This type of energy is stored in food

Answer 6

Chemical

Question 7

An organism which cannot make its own food

Answer 7

Consumer

Question 8

The organelle specialized for respiration

Answer 8

Mitochondria

Question 9

A model showing the flow of energy through an ecosystem

Answer 9

Food web

Question 10

A model showing the flow of energy as one organism consumer another

Answer 10

Food chain

Question 11

An organism which makes its own food

Answer 11

Producer

Question 12

Glucose and oxygen are converted into water and carbon dioxide

Answer 12

Cellular respiration

Question 13

The number of the same species living within a community

Answer 13

Population

Question 14

An organism that relies on dead organisms for food

Answer 14

Decomposer

Question 15

All of the living and nonliving things interacting within an area

Answer 15

Ecosystem

Question 16

A model showing the movement of carbon atoms throughout an ecosystem

Answer 16

Carbon cycle