Question #1

What biome has frozen subsoil, lichens and mosses for the main plant species, and

polar bears as one of the top carnivores?

A. Temperate Forest (go to Dinosaur poster)

B. Tundra (go to station 3)

Question #2

The highest amount of animals that an ecosystem can support is called the:

A. Carrying capacity (go to printer)

B. Ecological succession (go to station 2)

Question #3Which of the following is not a characteristic of a

population:

A. Geographic distribution (go to biodiversity poster)

B. Population density (go to broken glassware)C. Niche (go to ecology word wall)

D. Growth rate (go to Einstein)

Question #4Decomposition and decay of organic

matter are accomplished by the action of:

A. Green plants (go to chemical hood)

B. Bacteria and fungi (go to showcase outside room)

Question #5

In an ecosystem, which component is not recycled?

A. Water (go to sink by plants)

B. Energy (go to Miss Pumpkin)

Question #6

The average, year-after-year conditions of temperature and precipitation within a

particular region are its:

A. Weather (go to picture of Miss Dafgard’s dog)

B. Climate (go to water fountain at end of hall)

Question #7

What is the symbiotic relationship when both organisms benefit?

A. Mutualism (go to the chair that holds the door open)

B. Commensalism (look behind the overhead screen)

Question #8Groups of different species that live in the

same area make up what?

A. Population (go to the kidney model)

B. Community (go to Circulatory System Man)

Question #9The water in an estuary is:

A. Salt water only (look behind the door)

B. Fresh water only (go to the fan)

C. A mixture of fresh and salt water or brackish (go to the vampire)

Question #10

How do nutrients move through an ecosystem?

A. Energy pyramids (go to the creamy pumpkin soap)

B. Biogeochemical cycles (look in between the two bathrooms in the hallway)

Question #11When an ecosystem is limited by a single nutrient

that either is scarce or cycles very slowly, what is this substance called?

A. Organic phosphate (look under chair at station 2)

B. Limiting nutrient (look under the stool)

Question #12What is another word for an autotroph?

A. Consumer (look by the lab inbox)

B. Producer (look on the Corn Flakes box)

Question #13

Which is an example of a density-independent limiting factor?

A. Competition (look by the skull)

B. Natural disasters (look underneath the counter below the chemical hood)

Question #14Which is not a kind of biodiversity?

A. Genetic (look under the base of one of the microscopes)

B. Species (look on top of a paper towel dispenser)

C. General (look in the Snow White mug)

Question #15

What controls the amount of light that goes through a microscope?

A. Eyepiece (look in the microscope labels envelope)

B. Diaphragm (look behind a computer screen)

Question #16

What is an example of an invasive species?

A. Wild dogs (look inside one of the classroom desks)

B. Zebra mussels (go to the elephant pictures)

Question #17

Which kind of succession is it when the plants and trees start to grow back after the forest is

destroyed by a forest fire?

A. Primary (look under a blue chair at a desk)

B. Secondary (look under a pink chair at a desk)

Question #18

How does predation affect population size?

A. Prey population decreases (go to the AED machine in the hallway)

B. Predator population decreases (ask Miss Dafgard)

Question #19Which has the greatest effect on determining

the climate of a region?

A. Longitude (look under a desk in the middle column)

B. Latitude (look under the smallest plant in the room)

Question #20

Which land biome do we live in here in Western New York?

A. Boreal forest (look under the podium)

B. Temperate forest (look under the table the printer is on)

Question #21What is the biggest pressure on biodiversity

worldwide that humans do to harm other species?

A. Deforestation (look on the back of the zebra picture)

B. Killing endangered species (look under the pencil sharpener)

Question #22

What is the top layer of any large body of water called, where light can penetrate?

A. Benthic zone (go to the drying rack)

B. Photic zone (go to the eyewash station)

Question #23What way can humans help protect our

water resources?

A. Recycle bottles (go to the Arctic fox picture)

B. Prevent sewage dumping (go to the gorilla picture)

Question #24

What are the three R’s of being “green”?

A. Relate, Relish, and Regulate (go to the co-teacher desk chair)

B. Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle (look behind the “Success” plaque)

Question #25

How many species become extinct each day?

A. 130 (look behind the lemur picture)

B. 250 (look behind the tree picture)

C. 20 (look behind the giraffe picture)

Question #26

• A rocky island appears as oceanic waters recede. Which of the following forms of vegetation would probably appear first on the bare rocks?

A. lichens (look behind the water cycle picture)

B. weeds (look behind the cheetah picture)C. pioneer trees (look behind the Dr. Pepper

picture)

Question #27

• A scorpion stalks, kills, and then eats a spider. Based on its behavior, which ecological terms describe the scorpion?

A. producer, carnivore, heterotroph (look behind the springtime tundra picture)

B. predator, carnivore, consumer (look behind the icy tundra picture)

C. predator, autotroph, herbivore (look behind the ecological succession timeline picture)

Question #28• A town located in New York State has a 500-acre piece of land

available for development. The town board has to decide how to respond to two groups interested in the land.

• Characteristics of the land:• — mostly trees with some grassland and several small streams• — a large lake which supports a great variety of fish and other

wildlife

• Two different groups are interested in developing the property:

• Group A — a logging company that wants to use the trees for lumber

• Group B — an environmental organization that wants to make it a park

Question #28 (Continued)

A. State one benefit that implementing the group A proposal may provide for the town.

B. State one specific negative consequence of having group A develop the land

C. State one specific positive consequence of implementing the proposal of group B.

**Have a teacher check your answer. She will then give you the next question.

Question #29• In December 2004, a tsunami (giant wave) destroyed

many of the marine organisms along the coast of the Indian Ocean. What can be expected to happen to the ecosystem that was most severely hit by the tsunami?

1. The ecosystem will change until a new stable community is established. (look behind the aquatic ecosystem picture)

2. Succession will continue in the ecosystem until one species of marine organism is established. (look behind the desert picture)

3. Ecological succession will no longer occur in this marine ecosystem. (look behind the tropical rainforest picture)

4. The organisms in the ecosystem will become extinct. (look behind the picture with the waterfalls)

Question #30

• Which organisms are dependent upon other animals for food?

A. producers (look behind elephant picture in the hallway)

B. herbivores (look behind the tropical savanna picture)

C. secondary consumers (look behind the temperate forest picture)

Question #31

• How do biodiversity, the total number of living beings and the biomass respectively vary during the ecological succession?

**Have a teacher check your answer. She will then give you the next question.

Question #32

The carrying capacity for herbivores in a habitat is most directly affected by the availability of

A. heat energy released by carnivores (look behind pyramid picture)

B. carbon dioxide in the atmosphere (look behind zebra mussels picture)

C. photosynthetic organisms (look behind forest picture)

D.decomposers in the soil (look behind grassland picture)

Question #33

Which human activity would most likely deplete finite resources?

A. use of natural enemies to eliminate insect pests (look behind bird beaks picture)

B. development of wildlife refuges (look behind raccoon picture)

C. governmental restriction of industrial pollution (look behind microscope picture)

D. uncontrolled population growth (look behind a picture that could show a food web)

Question #34

Humans are changing the quality of the atmosphere and some of these changes may be harmful to the environment.

A. Identify one specific pollutant resulting from human activity that has contributed to changing the quality of the atmosphere.

B. State one specific example of how the pollutant you identified in question may be harmful to the environment.