Bio 2010 - Microbiology » Summer 2021 » Intro to Ecology

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Question #1
If a population of plants contains 10,000 kilocalories of energy, which of the following is the best estimate of how many kilocalories of energy there would be in a population of herbivores that ate nothing but this population of plants?
A.   1,000 kilocalories
B.   10,000 kilocalories
Question #2
Plants convert the energy of sunlight into
A.   glucose
B.   oxygen
Question #3
The weathering of rocks exposed on land (and subsequent transfer of carbon via runoff to the oceans) and the sedimentation and burial of carbonate on the seafloor would both be a part of ____________.
A.   The fast carbon cycle
B.   The slow carbon cycle
Question #4
Which of the following levels of organization is arranged in the correct order from largest to smallest?
A.   ecosystem, community, population, individual
B.   population, community, individual, ecosystem
Question #5
For most ecosystems _________ is (are) the ultimate source of energy and energy leaves the ecosystem in the form of ______.
A.   light........heat
B.   heat…....light
Question #6
Autotrophs are in the __________ trophic level
A.   first
B.   last
Question #7
A fungus breaking down a dead tree is an example of a
A.   autotrophs
B.   decomposer

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