Unit 2 Quiz

Question 1

A particular location on Earth distinguished by its particular mix of interacting biotic and abiotic components

Answer 1

ecosystem

Question 2

_____is an interaction between two different organisms living in close proximity to one another.

Answer 2

symbiosis

Question 3

_____ is a relationship where one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.

Answer 3

commensalism

Question 4

_____ is a symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit.

Answer 4

Mutualism

Question 5

______ is an interaction in which one organism lives on or in another organism (host).

Answer 5

Parasitism

Question 6

____ is a symbiotic relationship where one organism survives by consuming the other.

Answer 6

Predation

Question 7

The struggle of individuals to obtain a shared resource is known as

Answer 7

competition

Question 8

A type of predation where animals consume producers is called

Answer 8

herbivory

Question 9

______ often leads to an oscillating effect within data/graphs. More specifically, it is a type of regulation in biological systems in which the end product of a process in turn reduces the stimulus of that same process.

Answer 9

Negative feedback

Question 10

_____ is a strategy used by organisms in order to share resources (helps alleviate competitive exclusion).

Answer 10

Resource partitioning

Question 11

The _____ states two species competing for the same resource cannot coexist.

Answer 11

competitive exclusion principle

Question 12

The ____ states when one organism consumes another, not all of the energy is transferred to the consumer.

Answer 12

second law of thermodynamics

Question 13

_____ are organisms like plants, algae, and some bacteria that can use the sun’s energy to produce food energy for themselves.

Answer 13

Producers

Question 14

____ is a process that converts carbon dioxide, light energy, and water into food energy and oxygen.

Answer 14

Photosynthesis

Question 15

_____ is a process that converts food energy and oxygen into carbon dioxide, water, and cellular energy.

Answer 15

Cellular respiration

Question 16

_____ are organisms that consume (eat) dead matter, inorganic matter, etc. and convert those molecules into nutrients for the rest of the ecosystem.

Answer 16

Detritivores

Question 17

An organism that consumes other consumers are called

Answer 17

carnivores

Question 18

An organisms that consumes only producers are called

Answer 18

herbivores

Question 19

An organism that consumes both producers and consumers are called

Answer 19

omnivores

Question 20

Big detritivores are called

Answer 20

scavengers

Question 21

Organisms called _____ convert organic matter into small elements and molecules that can be recycled back into the ecosystem. They don’t actually “eat” the food. They just break it into smaller components.

Answer 21

decomposers

Question 22

The _____ states only about 10% of the energy from one trophic level is transferred to the next level

Answer 22

10% rule

Question 23

What are the types of symbiosis

Answer 23

commensalism, mutalism, parasitism, predation, competition

Question 24

2 species that share the same resources are active at different time of day

Answer 24

temporal partitioning

Question 25

using different parts of habitat and common amongst plant species

Answer 25

spacial partitioning

Question 26

differences in body shapest size

Answer 26

morphological partitioning

Question 27

Nearly all the energy that powers an ecosystem comes from the

Answer 27

Sun

Question 28

Equation of photosynthesis

Answer 28

solar energy+6H2O+6CO2=C6H12O6+6O2

Question 29

Equation of Cellular Respiration

Answer 29

energy+6H2O+6CO2= C6H12O6 + 6O2.

Question 30

plants____and_____

Answer 30

photosynthesize,respire

Question 31

plants_____and________oxygen

Answer 31

produce,consume

Question 32

Without photosynthesis ____

Answer 32

there wouldn’t be usable energy for consumers and there would be no food chains or webs

Question 33

Photosynthesis produces ____ needed for heterotrophs to perform cellular respiration

Answer 33

oxygen gas

Question 34

Cellular respiration allows animals to

Answer 34

produce cellular energy from food

Question 35

the sequence of consumption from producers through tertiary consumers

Answer 35

food chain

Question 36

multiple food chains intertwined in nature

Answer 36

food web