QUIZ#1-PRINCIPLES OF ECOLOGY

DECOMPOSER

BACTERIA

ORGANSIM

PLANT OR ANIMAL

ENVIRONMENT

SURROUNDINGS

RESOURCE

USED TO AID

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

ENERGY MOVES THROUGH THE PLANTS AND ANIMALS IN AN ECOSYSTEM BY WAY OF _________

A FOOD CHAIN

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

ECOSYSTEM

ORGANISMS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT

HERBIVOROUS

PLANT EATING

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS MAY BE STUDIED USING WHAT?

SPACE SATELLITES

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 SHARE 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