Millionaire Ecology
Question 1
This type of animal hunts and kills its prey
for food:
1) Carnivore
2) Predator
3) Scavenger
Question 2
Define niche
Question 3
What must happen with people’s diets in
overpopulated countries to support the
number of people?
Question 4
Energy is lost as it moves through a food
web in all the following ways except:
A) In the fecal matter of animals
B) In the food that is digested
C) In the food that is uneaten
D) In heat
Question 5
Who is this?
Question 6
The amount of energy that is transferred
from the sun to the producers and the
amount of energy that is passed from the
producers to the primary consumers:
A) 10%, 10%
B) 2%, 2%
C) 10%, 90%
D) 2%, 10%
Question 7
A species that is benefiting from the
bounty that was put on predators is:
A) Meadow Vole
B) Coyote
C) Great Horned Owl
D) Humans
Question 8
SONG
Question 9
This amount of biomass is LOST during
the transfer of energy between trophic
levels:
A) 90%
B) 10%
C) 2%
D) No energy is lost
Question 10
What trophic level of fish are not
sustainable to catch?
Question 11
Why is eating a pound of top level
predator fish different from eating a pound
of herbivorous fish?
Question 12
SONG
Question 13
In order to protect sheep from coyotes,
what do some ranchers do on their
ranches?
Question 14
An example of a heterotroph is a:
A) Oak Tree
B) Lightbulb
C) Algae
D) Human
Question 15
An autotroph is something that can?
A) Decompose Food
B) Make Food
C) Read the minds of other organisms
D) Prey on other organisms
Question 16
CHALLENGE
Question 17
The coyote population is increasing in the
east because:
 A) Farmers raise sheep with cattle
 B) The food source of mice has increased
 C) Predators are removed and space is
opened up
 D) Wolves are present in the ecosystem
18
Make a food chain with at least 4
organisms
19
Why is the kelp population decreasing off
the coast of California?
20
Who is this?
21
Why did people set up bounties for
predators?
22
What percent of energy is lost in the first
transfer between sunlight and plants?
23
An organism that eats dead organism is
called a _____________ AND give an
example organism for this niche.
24
List one way to help the fishing industry
become more sustainable.
25-What is the niche?
26
When can the pyramid of numbers look
like this? (hint: think about the producers
biomass)