Environmental Benchmark Review

An illustration and a dichotomous key are given. What is the correct classification for this organism?

• Class Insecta
• Order Amblygygi
• Order Araneae
• Order Scorpiones

A dichotomous key for trees is provided. Hikers found a tree that has large brown cones and single sharp needles. What species of tree have the hikers found?

• Juniper
• Pine
• Spruce
• Fir

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What step do we always start with when using dichotomous keys?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

What is the name of bird W?

• Certhidea
• Geospiza
• Camarhynchus
• Platyspiza

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What is another name for all of the cycles we have in biomes? (Carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle, etc.)

• Symbiotic Relationships

• Biogeochemical Cycles

• Energy Pyramids

• Ecological Succession

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The bacteria have a very important role in the food web. What do they classify as?

• decomposers

• omnivores

• apex predators

• primary producers

Which of the following organisms

could be classified as a tertiary consumer

based on the food web to the right?

• Frog

• Weasel

• Great horned owl

• Goldfinch

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The efficiency of energy transfer from a lower trophic level to the next highest level is roughly

• 1%
• 10%
• 100%
• 1000%

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In the energy pyramid here, how much of the energy in each level gets lost as heat or used by the organism for survival?

• 80%
• 90%
• 10%
• 20%

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In an energy pyramid, energy_______ as you move up the pyramid.

• Increases
• Decreases
• Stays the same
• Changes up and down

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