Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

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Created by Terri Street
Copyright, 2000
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What molecules are the basic
building block of life?
 A. Carbon
 B. Nitrogen
 C. Oxygen
 D. Hydrogen
 A. Carbon
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What is the term for a group of different
species living in the same area?
 A. Population
 B. Organisms
 C. Community
 D. Ecosystem
C. Community
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What two factors make up an areas
climate?
 A. Rainfall and Sunlight
 B. Temperature and rainfall
 C. Temperature and soil
 D. Climate and rainfall
B. Temperature and Rainfall
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Which of the following lists are
examples of ABIOTIC factors?
 A. Sun, Soil, Water
 B. Sun, Soil, Fungus
 C. A deer, Tree, Rocks
 D. Fungus, Rocks, Soil
A. Sun, Soil, Water
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What would happen if a keystone species
were removed from their ecosystem?
 A. They would have
 B. It would have a great impact,
no great effect.
but the other species would adapt.
 C. Other populations
 D.It would have a great impact
would increase
and the rest of the species would suffer
.
D. It would have a great impact
and other species would suffer
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What is the difference between a
food chain and food web?
 A. There is no difference.
 C. Food chain consists of a single chain.
Food web is a complex feeding network.
 B. Food chain is a complex feeding network. Food web consists of single chain.
 D. One shows trophic levels
and the other does not.
C. Food chain consists of a single chain.
Food web is a complex feeding network.
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Why are decomposers important
for an ecosystem?
 A. They can be omnivores.
 B. They return nutrients
to the environment.
 C. They capture energy
from the sun.
 D. They are producers
B. They return nutrients
to the environment.
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The oxygen and carbon cycle are
similar in that
 A. They both use
fossil fuels
 B. They use nitrogen
fixation
 C. They directly depend
on photosynthesis
 D. They both take place
mostly under ground
C. They directly depend
on photosynthesis
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What are the two ways that water
enter the atmosphere?
 A. Condensation
and precipitation
 C. Precipitation
and evaporation
 B. Precipitation
and evaporation
 D. Evaporation
and transpiration
D. Transpiration and
evaporation
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What happens during the process
of nitrogen fixation?
 A. Bacteria absorb
ammonia
 B. Bacteria change gaseous
 C. Bacteria grow on plant
 D. Bacteria change
roots and in the soil
nitrogen to ammonia
ammonia to nitrate
B. Bacteria change gaseous
nitrogen to ammonia
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Each level in the food chain contains less
energy than one before because some energy
 A. is lost as heat
 B. is consumed
by carnivores
 C. is added to
the system
 D. incorporated
into biomass
A. is lost as heat
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What are the two processes used by autotrophs to
make their own sources of energy?
 A. Photosynthesis
and cellular respiration
 B. Photosynthesis
and chemosynthesis
 C. Respiration and
chemosynthesis
 D. Chloroplast
and mitochondria
B. Photosynthesis
and chemosynthesis
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What are the trophic levels shown in energy,
biomass, and number pyramids?
 A. Biome, ecosystem,
 B. photosynthesis
 C. Producer; primary,
 D. bacteria,
community, population
secondary, tertiary consumers
and chemosynthesis
fungus, consumers
C. . Producer; primary,
secondary, tertiary consumers
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Which illustration shows the total dry mass of
organisms in a given area?
 A. Pyramid of
numbers
 B. Energy pyramid
 C. Food web
 D. Biomass pyramid
D. Biomass pyramid
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What is the study of organisms and their
interactions with the environment?
 A. Ecology
 B. Biology
 C. Ecosystems
 D. Psychology
A. Ecology
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