Quiz 3 MP4

Question 1

levels of organization

Answer 1

biosphere
ecosystem
community
population
organisms

Question 2

name levels

Answer 2

1-producer 100 energy
2-primary consumer 10 energy
3-secondary consumer 1 energy
4-apex predator 0.1 energy

Question 3

relating to or resulting from living things, especially in their ecological relations.

Answer 3

biotic

Question 4

the process by which an entire body of water, or parts of it, becomes progressively enriched with minerals and nutrients, particularly nitrogen and phosphorus.

Answer 4

eutrophication

Question 5

build up of chemicals in fish.

Answer 5

bioaccumulation

Question 6

the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

Answer 6

biodiversity

Question 7

refers to the variety of species in a specific area

Answer 7

biodiversity

Question 8

The total weight of living matter at each trophic level

Answer 8

biomass

Question 9

The portion of Earth that supports all livingthings

Answer 9

biosphere

Question 10

The relationship in which there is a close and permanent association between organisms of different species

Answer 10

symbiosis

Question 11

a living organism that shapes its environment.

Answer 11

biotic

Question 12

All strategies and adaptations a species uses in its environment

Answer 12

niche

Question 13

Long Term - phosphate washed into the water is incorporated into rock as insoluble compounds. It the turns into rocks -> erosion occurs -> phosphorous leaks back into the environment
Short Term - phosphates released into the environment with bodily wastes

Answer 13

phosphorus cycle

Question 14

*“Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria” - converts nitrogen into “more useable” forms
Used by plants to make proteins

Answer 14

nitrogen cycle

Question 15

Converts energy for growth and own energy

Answer 15

carbon cycle

Question 16

Transpiration - plants pull water from the ground, lose water from their leaves

Answer 16

water cycle

Question 17

The branch of biology that developed from natural history
The study of interactions that take place between organisms and their environments

Answer 17

ecology

Question 18

Several different populations

Answer 18

community

Question 19

A group of organisms, all of the same species, which interbreed and live in the same area at the same time

Answer 19

population

Question 20

Made up of interacting populations in a biological community and the community’s abiotic factors
Population changes occur due to biotic and abiotic factors

Answer 20

ecosystem

Question 21

A simple model that scientists use to show how matter and energy move through an ecosystem

Answer 21

food chain

Question 22

Shows all the possible feeding relationships at each trophic level in a community

Answer 22

food web

Question 23

1)Producers = Plants _%
2)Primary Consumer = Herbivore _%
3)Secondary Consumer = Carnivore _%
4)Tertiary Consumer = Apex Predator _%

Answer 23

1)100
2)10
3)1
4)0.1

Question 24

Cycles in Nature

Answer 24

water
carbon
nitrogen
phosphorus

Question 25

When habitat decreases biodiversity ____

Answer 25

decreases