Assessment

A. Define the following terms in your own words. (5 pts each)

Ecology – it is the study of the interaction of organisms with one another together with their physical
environment
Environment - it is the surroundings or condition where an organism lives, operates, or adapts.
Habitat – it is the available resources, physical, and biotic factors that surrounds an environment
Niche – it is the interactions of species with other species within their environment such as their
competition, predation, parasitism, and mutualism
B. List down all the biotic and abiotic factors in the ecosystem illustrated in page 32 of PECOSY1
module. (20pts)

Biotic Factors Abiotic Factors

 Polar bear  Sedimentation

 Pinnipeds/Seal  Temperature
 Fishes  Glucose
 Lobster  Oxygen
 Phytoplankton  Nutrients
 Zooplankton  Soil
 Organic Deposits  Sunlight/Energy
 CO2
 Seawater
 Sea ice
 Sand
 Resuspension of nutrients
 Air
 Rocks

C. Make a food web with the following organisms: eagle, flower, mouse, rabbit, snake, bacteria and
fungi. Identify the producer, consumer and decomposer in the food web. (20 points)

Legend:
Decomposer
Producer
Consumer
D. MATCHING TYPE. Match the processes that occur during the bio-geo-chemical cycles found in
Column B with the descriptions found in Column B. Write the letter of your answer on the space provided
before each number. (10pts)
Column A Column B
__D___1. It is the process in which rocks are broken down                                               A. runoff
into smaller particles physically or chemically.                                                                 B. combustion
___F__2. The loss or extraction of certain materials                                                           C. Acid rain
from a carrier into a liquid.                                                                                                  D. erosion
__G___3. It refers to a considerable vertical movement                                                     E. photosynthesis
of the Earth’s crust and is one of the primary                                                                   F. leaching
factors in the formation of mountains.                                                                              G. Geological
uplift
__K___4. It is an ecosystem’s response to the addition                                                      H. transpiration
of artificial or natural nutrients, mainly phosphates,                                                       I. mineralization
through detergents, fertilizers, or sewage, to an                                                               J. nitrification
aquatic ecosystem.                                                                                                               K. eutrophication
__L___5. This occurs when the vapor that condensed                                                        L. Precipitation
comes back out of the sky as rain, snow, sleet or hail.                                                     M. transpiration
___A__6. The process by which water from excessive rain                                                N. Carbon
sequestration or snowmelt moves across land.                                                                  O. respiration
__C___7. The pH of this rain has been lowered by the                                                        P. evaporation
presence of ions such as sulfates and nitrates.                                                                  Q. condensation
__H___8. The process when plants emit water vapor.
___E__9. It is the main driving factor of the oxygen cycle.
___N__10. It releases organic carbon very rapidly into the atmosphere.