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Ecology Quiz Review
1.) The
2.)
is the original source of almost all energy used by living things.
Is a branch of science that studies living things and their interactions with their
nonliving environment.
.
3.) The surface of the Earth & all of the ecosystems is known as the
4.) Place a circle around the biotic factors and a rectangle around the abiotic factors below.
soil
mushroom
grass
bacteria
wind
shark
temperature
humans
sunlight
5.) All organisms have a range of
water
for each abiotic factor.
6.) When plants move towards the light as they grow it is called
7.)
.
are warm-blooded animals that attempt to control over their body
temperature, while cold-blooded animals must have the same body temperature of their
environment and are called
.
8.) Place a circle around the endotherms and a rectangle around the ectotherms shown below.
human
mouse
lizard
snake
bluejay
9.) Endotherms and ectotherms both have some advantages. While endotherms can maintain
steady body
and can be active in different climates, ectotherms
get sick less often and require less
than endotherms.
10.) If a warm-blooded animal’s temperature rises too high it can lead to
and if its temperature falls too low it can lead to
,
.
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11.) Some adaption plants have to live in dry environments include small
that can open and
12.)
13.)
, deep or widespread
, stomata
, or very thick
.
is an abiotic factor that can help animals smell predators and cool down in
Addition to helping plants pollinate.
cycles are the recycling of important elements such as carbon,
hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and phosphorous.
14.) During the water cycle, when water moving from tree leaves into the atmosphere it’s
called
. After water condenses and falls to Earth as precipitation
it will move slowly through the soil in a process known as
.
15.) The two main processes of the carbon cycle are
chloroplast in plants and cellular
done by the
done by the mitochondria in
both plants and animals.
16.)
in the soil play a key role in the biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen.
17.) The weathering of rocks play a key role in the biogeochemical cycling of
18.) Bodies of water are classified as either oligotrophic,
.
, or eutrophic.
Deep, clear bodies of water with low levels of nutrients are called
19.)
.
occurs when excessive nutrients enter a body of water (often
from overuse of fertilizers). This leads to the overproduction of algae which can deplete
oxygen levels in the water. This low oxygen condition is known as
cause a significant depletion in the fish population.
and can