1What are the 3 main energy roles in the environment?

A)Producers, consumers, and decomposers

B)Herbivores, carnivore, and omnivore
C)Comsumer, producer, scavenger
D)None of the above

2.In the nitrogen cycle, the term "denitrification" refers to

A)The conversion of ammonia into nitrogen
B)The conversion of nitrogen into ammonia.
C)The conversion of nitrates into nitrogen gas
D)The conversion of nitrogen gas into nitrates.

3.Which of the following is an abiotic factor in an ecosystem?

A)Bird
B)Tree
C)Rock
D)Deer
4.The release of water vapor from the leaves of trees is called?
A)Evaporation
B)Precipitation
C)Condensation
D)Transpiration
5.All of the following are ways that we can protect the biosphere
except:
A)Recycling
B)Protecting waterways from the dumping of illegal chemicals
C)Burning fossil fuels.
D)Decreasing the process of deforestation.
6.The ultimate source of energy for all organisms in life is
A)Water
B)Oxygen
C)Nitrogen
D)The Sun

7.Mushrooms and other fungi are responsible for breaking down

dead organic matter. In an ecosystem, they are called
A)Producers
B)Consumers
C)Decomposers
D)Scavengers
8.In the following food chain, which organism is the secondary
consumer? grass ------> rabbit -------> snake ------> hawk
A)Grass
B)Rabbit
C)Snake
D)Hawk
9.Which of the following cannot be recycled?
A)Nitrogen
B)Carbon
C)Water
D)Energty
10.The above image represents what type of relationship?

A)Competition
B)Mutualism
C)Parasitism
D)Predator-prey
11.An area was recently destroyed by a raging wildfire. Which of the
following events would allow secondary succession to take place?
A)Animals that survive migrate to surrounding areas.
B)Plant life that survives begins to die out as a result of the lack of
available nutrients.
C)The dead bodies of animals that did not survive the fire return nutrients
to the soil.
D)Omnivores that survive create a decline of both the herbivore and
carnivore populations.

12.A lichen is a symbiotic decomposer that attaches itself to trees and slowly breaks them
down. They obtain nutrients from the tree, allowing them to survive and reproduce. What
type of relationship is this?
A)Predator-prey
B)Mutualism
C)Parasitism
D)Competition
13.The amount of energy that is passed from one organism to the
next in a food chain is
A)5%
B)10%
C)15%
D)20%

14.In
which cycle would you find denitrification?
A)Water
B)Carbon
C)Nitrogen
D)Energy
15.When the ground has absorbed the maximum amount of
precipitation that it can hold, what process occurs?
A)Seepage
B)Evaporatio
C)Condensation
D)Runoff
16.On what trophic level would you find organisms that use the sun's
energy directly to make their own food?
A)1
B)2
C)3
D)4
17.Which of the following organisms is an autotroph?
A)Algae
B)A cheetah
C)A bear
D)A fish
18.An area was recently destroyed by a raging wildfire. Which of the
following events would allow secondary succession to take place?
A)Animals that survive migrate to surrounding areas.
B)Plant life that survives begins to die out as a result of the lack of
available nutrients.
C)The dead bodies of animals that did not survive the fire return nutrients
to the soil.
D)Omnivores that survive create a decline of both the herbivore and
carnivore populations.

19.The term "nitrogen fixation" refers to:

A)The process that turns nitrates and nitrites into nitrogen.
B)The process where bacteria turns nitrogen into a form that plants can
use (ammonia).
C)The process where nitrogen gas in the atmosphere is converted to
nitrates.
D)None of the above