Name __________________________________________________________ Date _____________ Period _________
Elements/Compounds, Inorganic/Organic, Food Webs/Chains/Energy Pyramids, and Succession Quiz Review
Classify each of the following as a metal (A), nonmetal (B), or metalloid (C):
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Silicon _____Metalloid_________
Nitrogen ____Non-Metal_________
Hydrogen ___Non-Metal_________
Potassium ____Metal_______
Neon ____Non-Metal__________
6. List the properties of Metals:
Shiny luster, malleable, conductor, high melting point, ductile, solid
7. List the properties of Nonmetals:
Dull Luster, Good Insulator, Brittle, Low melting point
8. List the properties of Metalloids:
Solid, both shiny and dull luster, none ductile, not malleable, semiconductors
Classify each of the following as an Element (E) or a Compound (C):
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
H2 -Element
NaCO3- Compound
Fe3O2- Compound
CaCO3-Compound
Ne- Element
Determine the number of elements and if it is Organic (O) or Inorganic (I)
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
HCl
LiBr
Be3(OH)2(CO3)2
Al(PO3)
CF3SO3Ag
___I____
____I___
___O____
____I____
____O____
___2____
___2____
____4___
___3____
___5____
19. What is the difference between a period and a group on the periodic table? _____Periods are rows and run
horizontal, Groups are columns and run vertical__________________ ______________________________
20. What level of the energy pyramid stores the least energy _________Top level or tertiary Consumer or quandary
consumer________
21. What level of the energy pyramid stores the most energy? ________Producer____________________
22. Where does all the energy of an energy pyramid come from? _______Sun________________________
23. Why does an ecosystem support fewer organisms at higher trophic levels than at lower trophic levels?
__There is a huge decrease in energy from lower trophic levels to higher trophic levels.____________
24. A field of corn is an example of which member of a food chain? ________Producer____________________
25. What is an example of a decomposer? ___Fungi, Worms, Bacteria____________________________
26. What type of diagram do we use to show the models of feeding relationships within an ecosystem?
______________Food webs______________________________________________
27. Draw and label (producer/primary consumer/secondary consumer/tertiary consumer/decomposer) a food web
for the following descriptions:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Corn is eaten by a worm
Corn is eaten by a wild hog
Worm is eaten by a raven
Flower is eaten by a worm
Mushroom(Decomposer)
Hog(Primary C) ↗
↗
↘
Corn(Producer)→Mouse(Primary C)→Coyotes(Secondary C)
↘Worm(Primary C)
e. Flower nectar is eaten by a butterfly
↗
↘
f. Butterfly is eaten by a raven
Flower(Producer)
Raven(Secondary C)
g. Wild hog is eaten by a pack of coyotes
↘Butterfly(Primary C)↗
h. Corn is eaten by a mouse
i. Mouse is eaten by a coyote
j. The leftover hog matter is consumed by a mushroom
28. What is a pioneer species? __The first species that moves in after a disturbance of an ecosystem undergoing
succession.____________________ _________________Give an example __Lichens, annual weeds,
grasses_____________
29. Any change in plant communities over time is called _________Succession_________________________
30. Starting with bare rock, what is the usual ecological succession of organisms?
Bare rock→Lichen/mosses→Grasses→Annual Weeds/Flowers→Shrubs→Trees_______________________
31. The stable stage that is established in an area as a result of the process of ecological succession is known as the
___Climax Stage_____________________________________________________________
32. Describe secondary succession. ___After a disturbance (soil is still present) grasses come in followed by weeds
or flowers, then shrubs, finally trees___________________________________________________________