Chapter 4: Ecology Revision Questions

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Ecology:
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  • is the place where a plant or animal lives
  • is the study of the interactions between organisms and between organisms and their environment
  • is all the members of the same species living in the habitat
  • is that part of the planet in which living organisms can be found

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An ecosystem:
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  • is the study of the interactions between organisms and between organisms and their environment
  • is that part of the planet in which living organisms can be found
  • is the place where a plant or animal lives
  • is a group of clearly distinguished organisms that interact with their environment as a unit

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The biosphere:
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  • is that part of the planet in which living organisms can be found
  • is the place where a plant or animal lives
  • is all the members of the same species living in the habitat
  • is the study of the interactions between organisms and between organisms and their environment

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A habitat:
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  • is the study of the interactions between organisms and between organisms and their environment
  • is all the different populations of species living in the habitat
  • is the place where a plant or animal lives
  • is that part of the planet in which living organisms can be found

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A population:
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  • is the study of the interactions between organisms and between organisms and their environment
  • is all the members of the same species living in the habitat
  • is all the different populations of species living in the habitat
  • is a group of clearly distinguished organisms that interact with their environment as a unit

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A community:
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  • is all the different populations of species living in the habitat
  • is all the members of the same species living in the habitat
  • is the study of the interactions between organisms and between organisms and their environment
  • is that part of the planet in which living organisms can be found

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What type of factors are abiotic factors?
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  • Living
  • Non-living
  • Disease-causing
  • Healthy

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What type of factors are biotic factors?
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  • Living
  • Non-living
  • Disease-causing
  • Healthy

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Edaphic factors have to do with the:
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  • Water
  • Weather
  • Air
  • Soil

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What is a 'producer'?
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  • An organism that gets its food from other living organisms
  • An organism that makes its own food
  • An organism that does not need food
  • An organism that can both make its own food and get food from other living organisms

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Consumers are:
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  • organisms that do not require food
  • organisms that make their own food
  • organisms that kill other organisms
  • organisms that obtain their food from other organisms

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A grazing food chain is a:
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  • sequence of organisms in which each one is eaten by the next member in the chain
  • sequence of organisms that live in the same habitat
  • sequence of organisms in which the last organism eats all the others
  • sequence of organisms in which the first organism eats the others

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[blank_start]Grass[blank_end] →Rabbit → Fox
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  • Grass
  • Ash tree
  • Horse Chestnut tree
  • Bamboo

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A pyramid of numbers
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  • represents the number of organisms in each food chain
  • represents the number of organisms at each stage in a food chain
  • represents the number of stages in a food chain
  • represents the number of food chains in an ecosystem

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A food web
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  • consists of a population of organisms living in a habitat
  • consists of a number of different species living in the same habitat
  • consists of two or more interlinked food chains
  • consists of two or more separate food chains

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A niche is
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  • the functional role an organism plays in a particular habitat
  • the way an organism feeds in its habitat
  • an organism's food supply
  • an organism's offspring

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In the carbon cycle elemental carbon in carbon dioxide enters living organisms through the process of:
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  • Digestion
  • Respiration
  • Protein synthesis
  • Photosynthesis

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In the carbon cycle, elemental carbon in living organisms enters the atmosphere through the process of:
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  • Respiration
  • Protein synthesis
  • Photosynthesis
  • Digestion

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Burning of fossil fuels is a major contributor to the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
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  • True
  • False

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In the nitrogen cycle, elemental nitrogen enters living organisms mostly via:
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  • Plants
  • Fungi
  • Bacteria
  • Animals

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In the nitrogen cycle, nitrogen fixation is:
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  • the conversion of nitrates to ammonia
  • the conversion of ammonia to nitrates
  • the conversion of nitrogen gas to nitrates
  • the conversion of nitrates to nitrogen gas

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In the nitrogen cycle, nitrification is:
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  • the conversion of ammonia to nitrates
  • the conversion of nitrates to ammonia
  • the conversion of nitrogen gas to nitrates
  • the conversion of nitrates to nitrogen gas

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Denitrification is:
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  • the conversion of nitrates to nitrogen gas
  • the conversion of nitrogen gas to nitrates
  • the conversion of nitrates to ammonia
  • the conversion of ammonia to nitrates

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Assimilation is an important process in both the carbon and nitrogen cycles. Which of the following statements correctly describes assimilation?
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  • Conversion of plant biomolecules into animal biomolecules
  • Conversion of animal biomolecules into plant biomolecules
  • Conversion of animal remains into humus
  • Conversion of plant remains into fossil fuels

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The carbon and nitrogen cycles are important parts of 'nutrient recycling'. Which of the following statements correctly describes nutrient recycling?
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  • Nutrients are passed from one organism to the next
  • Reuse of elements present in living organisms
  • Nutrients are passed back and forth between two organisms
  • Reuse of food by a particular organism

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Pollution is
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  • the reuse of elements in living organisms
  • any harmful addition to the environment
  • the getting rid of waste products of metabolism
  • the sum of all the chemical reactions in an organism

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Conservation is:
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  • the wise management of our existing natural resources
  • any harmful addition to the environment
  • the reabsorption of water in an organism
  • the management of a living organsism

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Which of the following is NOT a problem associated with waste disposal?
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  • Landfill sites are unsightly
  • Pollution
  • Disease-causing organisms
  • Can be used to produce energy

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Which of the following is NOT one of the 'three Rs' associated with waste minimisation?
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  • Reduce
  • Recycle
  • Restriction
  • Reuse

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Which of the following is NOT an ecological relationship?
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  • Symbiosis
  • Predation
  • Competition
  • Parasitism
  • Pollution

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Competition is
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  • the struggle for a resource
  • the catching, killing, and eating of another organism
  • when one organism lives in or on another organism, called the host, and the host is harmed
  • when two organisms of different species live in close association and at least one of them benefits

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Predation is:
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  • the struggle for a resource
  • the catching, killing and eating of another organism
  • where one organism lives in or on another organism, called the host, and the host is harmed
  • where two organisms of different species live in close association and at least one of them benefits

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Symbiosis is:
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  • where two organisms of different species live in close association and at least one of them benefits
  • where one organism lives in or on another organism, called the host, and the host is harmed
  • the catching, killing and eating of another organism
  • the struggle for a resource

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Parasitism is:
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  • where two organisms of different species live in close association and at least one of them benefits
  • where one organisms lives in or on another organism, called the host, and the host is harmed
  • the catching, killing and eating of another organism
  • the struggle for a resource
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