Biodiversity Practice Quiz Honors

Which of the following is an example of a producer in an ecosystem?

• Grass

• Lion

• Mushroom

• Earthworm

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What is the primary role of decomposers in an ecosystem?

• Produce food through photosynthesis

• Break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients

• Hunt and eat other animals

• Compete for sunlight

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Which of the following best describes a consumer?

• An organism that makes its own food

• An organism that eats other organisms

• An organism that decomposes organic matter

• An organism that provides shelter

In a food web, what would happen if all the producers were removed?

• Only decomposers would survive

• Consumers would increase in number

• The entire food web would collapse

• Nothing would change

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Which of the following is the correct order of levels of organization in ecology from smallest to largest?

• Population, species, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere

• Species, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere

• Species, community, population, ecosystem, biome, biosphere

• Population, community, species, ecosystem, biome, biosphere

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

• Trees

• Bacteria

• Sunlight

• Deer

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What does biodiversity refer to?

• The number of abiotic factors in an ecosystem

• The variety of life in an area

• The amount of sunlight in a biome

• The number of decomposers in a food web

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Which of the following best describes species richness?

• The number of individuals of a species

• The number of different species in an area

• The evenness of species distribution

• The percent abundance of a species

What is meant by species evenness?

• The number of different species in an area

• The relative abundance of each species in an area

• The total number of individuals in a population

• The number of producers in a food web

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Which of the following is a biotic factor?

• Temperature

• Water

• Soil

• Fungi

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