Intro to Ecology

Intro to Ecology

By Keri Stewart

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Multiple Choice

The number of species living within an ecosystem is a measure of its biodiversity.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The biome nearest the equator is temperate.

• true

• False

Multiple Choice

The bottom of a food chain is occupied by consumers.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Producers absorb energy from organisms by breaking down dead tissues.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Ecologists call the physical location of a community its habitat.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Ecosystems include only the biotic factors in an area.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

A biome is characterized by its latitude.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Producers in an ecosystem transfer all of their energy to first-level consumers.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

In which of the following could one not reasonably measure biodiversity?

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

• population

• community

Multiple Choice

At least half of the world’s species of land organisms live in a

• tropical rain forest.

• temperate savanna

• tropical desert.

• temperate forest.