QUIZ#1-PRINCIPLES OF ECOLOGY
ENERGY MOVES THROUGH THE PLANTS AND ANIMALS IN AN ECOSYSTEM BY WAY OF _________
A FOOD CHAIN
DECOMPOSER
BACTERIA
RELATIONSHIPS
DEPENDENT COMPETITIVE
BALANCE OF NATURE
DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM
THE STATE THAT IS ULTIMATELY REACHED WHICH RESULTS IN BALANCE IS CALLED WHAT?
EQUILIBRIUM
EVERY TIME PEOPLE DO SOMETHING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL REACTIONS USUALLY HAPPEN AS PREDICTED?
FALSE
INTRODUCING ADDITIONAL ORGANISMS OF THE SAME EXISTING KINDS WILL NOT UPSET THE ECOSYSTEM?
FALSE
NATURE IS NOT BALANCED AS LONG AS A STATE OF DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM EXISTS?
FALSE
ONLY PEOPLE UPSET THE BALANCE OF NATURE ?
FALSE
THE DIVERSITY OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS ON THE EARTH IS SUPPORTED BY THE NUMEROUS KINDS OF __________ AVAILABLE.
HABITATS
A HABITAT THAT HAS LOTS OF LIGHT AND WATER A HIGH ELEVATION LOW TEMPERATURE AND A LOW LEVEL OF OXYGEN IS MOST LIKELY A __________ HABITAT.
HIGH MOUNTAIN
THE WORD ECOLOGY IS MADE UP OF TWO GREEK WORDS OIKOS AND LOGIA AND IT MEANS WHAT ?
HOUSE KNOWLEDGE
COMMON NEEDS MUTUAL BENEFIT AND INTERACTIONS ARE ALL EXAMPLES OF _______________
INTERDEPENDENCE
HABITAT
LIVING PLACE
PHYLOPLANKTON
MICROSCOPIC MARINE PLANTS
THE BASIC MATERIALS NEEDED FOR LIFE ORIGINATE FROM THE _________ ENVIRONMENT.
NONLIVING
STATEMENTS WHICH REFLECT DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM OF AN ECOSYSTEM?
NUMBER OF EXISTING ORGANISMS WILL REFLECT CHANGING FACTORS ANY CHANGE ON EITHER SIDE WILL REQUIRE A COMPENSATION ON THE OTHER SIDE
ECOSYSTEM
ORGANISMS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT
HERBIVOROUS
PLANT EATING
ORGANSIM
PLANT OR ANIMAL
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS MAY BE STUDIED USING WHAT?
SPACE SATELLITES
ENVIRONMENT
SURROUNDINGS
HOW DO PHYTOPLANKTON AFFECT THE ECOSYSTEM OF THE ENTIRE EARTH?
THROUGH THE OXYGEN CYCLE
ALL FORM OF LIFE ON EARTH ARE LINKED TOGETHER IN SOME TYPE OF FOOD RELATIONSHIP?
TRUE
EVERYTHING LIVING DEPENDS ON SOMETHING ELSE FOR ITS LIFE?
TRUE
HABITATS VARY BECAUSE ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS VARY>
TRUE
NOTHING IS FREE IN NATURE WHAT IS REMOVED MUST BE REPLACED?
TRUE
ORGANISMS WITH SIMILAR REQUIREMENTS USUALLY COMPETE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS?
TRUE
THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF ENERGY FOR PHYSICAL LIFE ON EARTH IS THE SUN?
TRUE
UNNATURAL OCCURENCES CAN HAVE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON AN ECOSYSTEM?
TRUE
RESOURCE
USED TO AID
