QUIZ PROPER : Energy Cycling and Community Stability

When numerous food chains link to each other in an ecosystem, it is called a(n)

• food chain
• food web
• trophic pyramid
• food cluster

Ecosystems possess.

• only living components

• only non-living components

• both living and non-living components

Which of the following is NOT an example of a consumer? 

• producer
• herbivore
• carnivore
• omnivore

The trophic structure of an ecosystem can be summarized in the form of a(n)

• ecological pyramid
• energy network
• climax schematic
• trophic level chart

Decomposers break down detritus, also known as...

• dead organic matter
• inorganic matter
• living matter
• non-living matter

Photosynthesis is to chloroplasts as cellular respiration is to ________

• nuclei
• golgi
• mitochondria
• ribosomes

Where is energy the highest in the food chain: grass, rabbit, hawk, bacteria

• grass
• rabbit
• hawk
• bacteria

Phosphorus is needed for the production of...

• ATP
• Oxygen
• Glucose
• Carbon Dioxide

Plants rely heavily on ____ in the nitrogen cycle to incorporate nitrogen into organic compounds

• bacteria
• viruses
• fungi
• oxygen

What molecule does aerobic respiration use that anaerobic respiration is missing? 

• hydrogen
• nitrogen
• carbon
• oxygen