a. giant kelp (Kingdom Protista) b. 52) Primary producers support the primary consumers in an ecosystem. 25) If you applied a fungicide to a cornfield, what would you expect to happen to the rate of decomposition and net ecosystem production (NEP)? Greenhouse gas emissions from transportation primarily come from burning fossil fuel for our cars, trucks, ships, trains, and planes. A) terrestrial ecosystems 56) The first step in ecosystem restoration is to ________. Which of the following is most correct regarding the activity of detritivores? What are the classifications of Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plants, and Animals called? Producers are organisms capable of creating simple carbohydrates such as glucose, from gaseous carbon dioxide. I. changes in geographic ranges C) algal beds and reefs plus the ocean neritic zone Primary producers are vital to the survival of an ecosystem. 52) Nitrifying bacteria participate in the nitrogen cycle mainly by ________. B) typically 10 times higher in a clear-cut watershed Choose ONE of the following prompts :Prompt 1: Using at least 5 sentences, explain the difference between primary and secondary succession. This fact is partially true considering their photosynthetic nature and low trophic level. C) 1 percent Final answer: Decomposers are the largest population in a food chain. 26) Which of the following is an accurate statement regarding mineral nutrients in soils and their implication for primary productivity? At the other extreme, areas that are cold much of the time, such as the Arctic, are unable to support much plant life. Like their aquatic counterparts, they use photosynthesis to convert nutrients and organic materials from the soil into food sources to nourish other plants and animals. 32) Owls eat rats, mice, shrews, and small birds. Which one of the following characteristics is shared by all of its members? No nutrients evaporate now that vegetation is absent. B) rock, sand, and ice 4) Use the following figure to answer the question. . B) eukaryotic. 59) Which of the following would be considered an example of bioremediation? B) synthesize organic molecules that are used by primary producers Transcribed image text: To recycle nutrients, the minimum an ecosystem must have is producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, and decomposers. Which of the following is primarily responsible for this limitation? b secondary consumers. All the organisms above are producers except for fungi. a. secondary consumers b. tertiary consumers c. primary producers d. primary consumers e. secondary producer; Humans are _____. Which of the following is a primary producer? When primary producers expend energy to build new tissue, this is _____. Organism Status 1. a. Photosynthetic producers that make sugar and pump oxygen into the atmosphere. They are both heterotrophic. At these points, the ecosystems are interdependent. C) only I, II, and IV C) Longer chains are less stable and energy transfer between trophic levels is inefficient. a. multicellular b. photosynthetic c. eukaryotic d. parasitic e. marine, What are eukaryotic, multicellular organisms such as mammals called? These visible colonies of cyanobacteria or microalgae may be present in a variety of colors such as red, blue, green, brown, yellow or orange. Nitrogen is the limiting nutrient when considering global primary production. C) a measure of how nutrients are cycled from one trophic level to the next d producers. B) Predators have relatively large population sizes. A) China 5) Use the following figure to answer the question. 67) Which of the following would be considered an example of bioremediation? (a) Animals. The second trophic level consists of primary consumers the herbivores, or animals that eat plants. The first trophic level of an ecosystem consists of. E) E, The feeding relationships among the species in a community determine the community's ________. Terms in this set (78) The process by which energy derived from solar radiation is used by certain organisms to form organic matter is called: photosynthesis. Which of the following is a producer? She worked as a producer for the University's television production. Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like When you eat an apple, you are serving as a _____. 9) Use the following figure to answer the question. Which of the following most correctly explains a difference between these two measures? All of the following would be placed in the Domain Eukarya except [{Blank}]. B) Populations of top-level predators are generally smaller than populations of primary consumers. Which protists are the most abundant marine photosynthetic producers? D) D A) Polar bears can provide more food for humans than seals can. 14) Use the following figure to answer the question. Into which domain are protists, fungi, plants, and animals classified? E) The amount of biomass in the producer level of an ecosystem decreases if the producer turnover time increases. 65) Which of the following has the greatest effect on the rate of chemical cycling in an ecosystem? (a) Fungi (b) Eukarya (c) Archaea (d) Protists. If the genes are present on the same chromosome, they undergo more than one crossing over in every meiosis. (C) Longer chains are less stable and energy transfer between trophic levels is inefficient. Which of the following locations is the largest reservoir for carbon in the carbon cycle? Which below is NOT a way mciosis increases genetic diversity? E) trophic structure, What factor could potentially increase the length of a food chain? Similarly to the ocean floor, sunlight does not reach deep into caves. C) Completely decayed soil organic matter is called humus. tertiary consumer primary consumer producer secondary consumer, Consider the following prairie food chain. In a food chain, there are no secondary producers. increases in per capita fossil-fuel use 66) The Hubbard Brook watershed deforestation experiment yielded all of the following results except which of the following? 50) Use the following figure to answer the question. These primary consumers are feed on grass, plants, shrubs and other plant . E) It is recycled by decomposers to smaller and smaller forms until it finally breaks down to form soil. The following diagram (Figure 2) illustrates how this works in terms of the energy losses at each level. E) permanent burial of nitrogen in coastal environments through runoff, Which of the following is a source of human-fixed nitrogen? D) II, In the accompanying figure, which of these countries has the highest per capita CO2 chemosynthetic bacteria. Fungi c. Plantae d. a or b e. a or c, Which type of organism does not photosynthesize? 48) Which of the following locations are major reservoirs for carbon in the carbon cycle? d. Bacteria. eukaryotic phytoplankton. ATLANTA (WANF) - A Georgia mother is warning other parents after her 10-year-old daughter's school bus driver allegedly entered the family's home without permission. Which of the following is not a kingdom in the Eucarya? Primary producers are consumed by primary consumers (generally herbivores), which are then consumed by secondary consumers and so on. A) The Euglenozoa are unicellular like protozoans, heterotrophic like animals, and photosynthetic like plants. C. Most diverse kingdom. Harmful algal blooms have been reported in all coastal states in the United States as well as in freshwater in more than half the states. Nearly all of Earth's primary productivity is generated by photoautotrophs. a primary consumers. Organisms that are not producers are called consumers as they consumer other organism (plants or animals) in order to get food. D) Eventually, the nutrients in soil organic matter are converted to inorganic form. A Venus flytrap devouring an insect to obtain nitrogen functions as . a. producer b. primary consumer c. secondary consumer d. tertiary consumer e. decomposer ____ 30. Primary producers are those organisms that can synthesize their own food using carbon dioxide and water in the presence of sunlight ( photosynthesis). I also work in a social media capacity, primarily . Plantae A. Eukaryotic, multicellular organisms that make their own food. (E) Energy transfer between trophic levels is usually less than 20 percent efficient. A) tropical wet forest C) internal nitrogen cycling in the oceans This changing pattern of sea ice growth and melt, along with a sufficient nutrient supply, appears to be necessary to the production of ice algae. Which of the following is not a primary producer? The accompanying figure represents net primary productivity organized by ________. B) sedimentary bedrock C) Heat produced by cellular respiration is used by heterotrophs for thermoregulation. Whether you need help solving quadratic equations, inspiration for the upcoming science fair or the latest update on a major storm, Sciencing is here to help. Production increases correspond to periods of ice thickening increases in the fall, while there is still significant sunlight. a. Bicoid moved from one fly embryo into the posterior of another fly embryo causes the formation of two head regions.\ I. terrestrial ecosystems An arid desert ecosystem does not have a consistent water supply, so its primary producers, such as algae and lichen, spend some periods of time in an inactive state. A) 7C E) Australia, Which of the following have contributed to the increase in the emission of CO2? By using fossil fuels we are destroying a nonrenewable resource. Which of the following statements regarding this flow of energy is true? c. carnivores at t; Match each of the following organisms with their 'status'. Fungi are primarily (a) producers (b) herbivores (c) carnivores (d) decomposers, Which of the following terms describes all organisms in the kingdoms Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia? answer choices. They also occur in brackish waters. Chemoautotrophic prokaryotes near deep-sea vents are primary producers. 57) The goal of restoration ecology is to ________. It is a way of classifying animals, plants, and fungi that eat other organisms in order to survive. A harmful algal bloom is fast-growing and affects animal, human and environmental health. Hydrothermal micro-organisms thrive in the waters around chimneys or black smokers that form from the iron sulfide deposits left by hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor. C) secondary productivity Organisms that must rely on complex, high-energy molecules produced by other organisms for survival are. II. After a rain, algae and lichens become photosynthetically active and (due to their ability to reproduce rapidly) provide a food source for higher-level organisms before the desert heat causes the water to evaporate. Select the correct answer. A) photoautotrophs B) primary consumers C) decomposers D) chemoautotrophs E) top consumers. There is a maximum of three to four trophic levels in a food chain. (C) The biomass of producers in an ecosystem is . E) soil, A 3-hectare lake in the American Midwest suddenly has succumbed to an algal bloom. What would happen to the new lawn of bacteria after several days? a. Protists b. Archaea c. Kingdom Animalia d. Kingdom Plantae, What are eukaryotic, multicellular organisms such as mushrooms called? Plantae B.) Bacteria 3. Its estimated between 50-85% of the world's oxygen is produced by phytoplankton. a. Heterotrophs b. D) glaciers After working as a producer for the university's television production unit for several years, she was hired by Funes Media Company to work as a line producer on documentaries that were later sold to networks like TRT and AL Jazeera while she was still in school. cultivation of soybeans a. algae b. yeast c. amoeba d. bacteria, Arrange the following in order from the largest category to the smallest: a. Paramecium b. Protista c. Ciliates d. Protozoa e. Life f. Eukarya, What kingdom does amoeba belong to? Interpreting Diagrams Which diagrams represent a single element? (a) Bacteria (b) Archaea (c) Fungi (d) Helminths (e) Protozoa. Increasing atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide could alter Earth's climate. D) Seal populations are larger than fish populations. D) fungi exhibit absorptive nutrition. C) typically 10 times higher in an uncut watershed B) increased extinction rates of species in the food chain Some examples would be deer, tortoise, and elephants. The primary producers include plants, lichens, moss, bacteria and algae. ____ 31. C) nutrient runoff extinctions C) only I, II, and IV A. an increase in primary producers in the ecosystem B. an increase in primary consumers in an ecosystem C. an increase in secondary consumers in an ecosystem D. an increase in detritivores in an ecosystem. Question 12. Which of the following is primarily responsible for limiting the number of trophic levels in most ecosystems? How does phosphorus normally enter ecosystems? E) I, II, and III, John David Jackson, Patricia Meglich, Robert Mathis, Sean Valentine, David N. Shier, Jackie L. Butler, Ricki Lewis. They live in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and produce carbohydrates necessary for those higher up in the food chain to survive. All of the following are ways fungi are similar to animals except A) fungi store extra food in the form of glycogen. Nutrient export is ________. emissions? D) the increase in the average temperature across the continents At the top level are secondary consumers the carnivores and omnivores who eat the primary consumers. Varying conditions mean that organisms can only thrive in certain seasons and many, including primary producers, exist in a dormant stage for part of the year. zooxanthellae Animals b. Fungi (like mushrooms) are decomposers that decompose organic matter and consume that as their source of energy. a. Eukaryote b. Prokaryote c. Fungal d. Plantae, Which of the following is an example of a group of prokaryotic organisms? E) I, II, and III, Why are changes in the global carbon cycle important? There are no secondary producers for top carnivores or G. composers. A) having a single species of herbivore feeding on each plant species 1%. . The balanced equation for photosynthesis that is correct, but seldom used, is 6CO 2 + 12H 2 O = C 6 H 12 O 6 + 6H 2 O + 6O 2. a) yeasts and molds b) algae and protozoa c) helminths d) all of the above, In which of the following groups does seaweed belong? C) only III D) D For example, if 1,000 kilocalories of energy are present at the primary producer level, one-tenth of this energy (about 100 kilocalories) is passed to the primary consumers in the next level. A 0.4230g0.4230\mathrm{~g}0.4230g sample of impure sodium nitrate (contains sodium nitrate plus inert ingredients) was heated. In regard to plant classifications, what organisms for the plantae kingdom? Which of the following groups of organisms are decomposers? 42) Use the following figure to answer the question. B) 0.1 percent E) the increase in the total temperature across the whole planet, (C) the increase in the average temperature of the whole planet, Global climate change refers to ________. B) only II Primary producers are vital to the survival of an ecosystem. a) Yeasts b) Sponges c) Sporozoans d) Fishes e) Diatoms. Areas with higher nitrate concentrations demonstrate higher productivity. Which one of the following is a defining characteristic of animals but not of plants? export in ecosystems? Our goal is to make science relevant and fun for everyone. B) open ocean 6) Use the following figure to answer the question. D) biomagnification of toxic materials limits the secondary consumers and top carnivores D) continent, Which habitat types in the accompanying figure cover the largest area? Is fungi a multicellular or unicellular organism? Chapter 53 STUDY PLAY. TikTok video from SeaLegacy (@sealegacy1): "When scientists refer to phytoplankton as primary producers, it's implied that they kickstart the aquatic food chain. Animals, fungi, most protists, and bacteria are: a. autotrophs b. producers c. heterotrophs d. multicellular, Which of the following is not a kingdom? III. D) Obtaining a bachelor's degree. producers and decomposers. Which of the following locations is the main reservoir for nitrogen in the nitrogen cycle? a. unicellular worm b. multicellular algae c. flagellated protist d. multicellular fungus. Assume that, over a period of time, an owl consumes 5,000 J of animal material. Which of the following refers to the amount of new biomass added in a given period of time? a. a green algal protist b. a choanoflagellate c. an amoeboid protist d. a slime mold, Nonliving microbes a. Animalia b. Bacteria c. Viruses d. Protista e. Fungi f. None of the above. b. Decomposers of dead leaves and dead animals. A) Rhizobium bacteria Producer. Primary producers are those which can produce their own food. Why the confusion? C) ones that use nitrogen-containing compounds as an electron acceptor. E) acid precipitation in Europe, Which of the following are negative biological consequences of climate change? Primary producers support the primary consumers in an ecosystem. Why is net primary production (NPP) a more useful measurement to an ecosystem ecologist than gross primary production (GPP)? . But an unlikely contributor makes their survival and, therefore, the entire rest of the food web's survival possible. E) 0C, Using the accompanying figure, what is the predicted change in temperature under a model 31) Which one of the following correctly ranks these organisms in order from lowest to highest percent in production efficiency? Carnivores eat only animals, but omnivores eat . The measures of net primary production (NPP) and net ecosystem production (NEP) both can be used to quantify gross primary production (GPP). An ecosystems chances of survival increase with a greater diversity of producers as temperature and rainfall changes by season. A) industrial nitrogen fixation 21) During a year, plants never use 100% of the incoming solar radiation for photosynthesis. The law of conservation of mass states that matter cannot be created, yet matter is sometimes gained or lost to an ecosystem. About how much of the chemical energy fixed by photosynthesis of the grass (100 percent) is available to the hawk? The oak tree is a primary producer. The terrestrial or soil food chain is made up of a large number of diverse organisms, ranging from microscopic single-celled producers to visible worms, insects and plants. B) Passing examination with 75% or higher score. Which of the following most often controls the rate of nutrient cycling in ecosystems? IV. A) I Producers provide food to consumers because ___. D) not affected by any form of cutting, (B) typically 10 times higher in a clear-cut watershed, Based on the experiment in the accompanying figure, which of the following are plausible reasons for the result? Primary producers and herbivores are the only two types of producers. D) unicellular. 2023 Leaf Group Ltd. / Leaf Group Media, All Rights Reserved. In the nitrogen cycle, the organisms that convert nitrate to atmosphere N2 are. Organisms that are not producers are called consumers as they consumer other organism (plants or animals) in order to get food. The primary reason for this pattern is that. plants can easily make food from soil and water. Consumer. Upon graduating with honors and working for several . a. plants b. animals c. All of the Above d. protist. (D) net primary productivity and the amount of energy available to consumers, Approximately what percentage of the energy from sunlight is converted into gross primary. (C) ones that use nitrogen-containing compounds as an electron acceptor. A) I only III. To the correct answer, that is. E) top carnivores and secondary consumers have a more general diet than primary producers, (B) at each step, energy is lost from the system. Important biogeochemical cycles in ecosystems include all of the following except the ________ cycle. In order to complete the food chain, they also offer food for primary consumers, secondary consumers, and apex predators (also known as tertiary consumers). E) Top-level predators are more likely to be stricken with parasites. b. Heterotrophic. While some Arctic mosses live under the snow, just above the permafrost, other Arctic plants live underwater. tertiary consumers are endotherms primary producers are Red-tailed Hawks prey on mice and prairie kingsnakes . They take nutrients from organic matter left in the soil by decomposers and transform them into food for themselves and other organisms. a. The total biomass of an ecosystem would be most increased by which of the following? D) It is eliminated as feces or is dissipated into space as heat, consistent with the second law of thermodynamics. Which of the following is a consequence of biological magnification? II. the temperature on Earth. However, it is impossible to tell the safety of an algal bloom from looking at it. B) I and II Why is the following statement confusing and how would you clarify it using metric (SI) units ? Short Answer. If the most advanced organisms are multicellular, what would be the adv. What is the main reason for using food webs instead of food chains in analyzing ecosystems? IV. (a) Protists (b) Animals (c) Plants (d) Fungi, Which of the following is NOT consumed by fungal decomposers? Is a mushroom a decomposer? The none of the above is what this is. Energy flows through the trophic levels of a food web. The euphotic zone in the open ocean extends from the . Question 1. Food webs are typically arranged into trophic levels with: a. primary producers at the bottom, herbivores in the middle, and carnivores at the top. The major role of detritivores in ecosystems is to. What percentage of visible light striking a plant is converted into chemical energy? Week Topic/TEKS Agenda 3 . Which kingdom of eukarya consists primarily of unicellular organisms? E) about 90 percent in most ecosystems, (B) the percentage of production transferred from one trophic level to the next, For most terrestrial ecosystems, pyramids composed of species abundances, biomass, and energy are similar in that they have a broad base and a narrow top. 30 seconds. 53) The Hubbard Brook watershed deforestation experiment revealed that ________. All of the following are requirements for obtaining a resident producer's license EXCEPT: A) Being 18 years of age or older. Eating meat is an inefficient way to utilize autotrophic productivity. 13) Use the following figure to answer the question. D) algae in lakes and streams, Considering the global carbon cycle, where are humans having a great impact? C) Basidiomycota. This is because O primary producers are more efficient in their energy use than tertiary consumers. B) conversion of grasslands and forests into agricultural fields B) It is used by organisms to maintain their life processes through the reactions of cellular respiration. 33) Use the following figure to answer the question. They are called transducers because they change light energy to chemical energy. E) nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Matter can be moved between ecosystems as they are open systems. Nutrients dissolve in the water running through the watershed. Which of the following is a consequence of biomagnification? Primary production is the production of chemical energy in organic compounds by living organisms.The main source of this energy is sunlight but a minute fraction of primary production is driven by lithotrophic organisms using the chemical energy of inorganic molecules.. fossilized plant and animal remains (coal, oil, and natural gas) Which of the following consume other living organisms? d. Pathogens of plants and animals. Group of answer choices. Explanation: The primary producers are the autotrophs i.e. In a food web nutrients are recycled in the end by decomposers. (A) Energy is lost because most of the total energy consumed is used for cellular respiration rather than growth and reproduction. Plants are called primary producers because they produce the material and store the energy at the bottom of the food chain. copyright 2003-2023 Homework.Study.com. 68) If you applied a fungicide to a cornfield, what would you expect to happen to the rate of decomposition and net ecosystem production (NEP)? (a) Amoebae (b) Kinetoplastid (c) Oomycete (d) Ciliates (e) Diatom. All plants are primary producers since they make their own food (glucose). Secondary consumers occupy the third trophic level in a typical food chain. For most terrestrial ecosystems, pyramids composed of species abundances, biomass, and energy are similar in that they have a broad base and a narrow top. Why is terrestrial productivity higher in equatorial climates? A) A Some chemical energy is not converted to new biomass as energy is transferred between trophic levels. Which of the following single-celled organisms is an example of a prokaryote? 28) How is net ecosystem production (NEP) typically estimated in ecosystems? The melting of sea ice in the spring along with the increased availability of sunlight triggers algae production in the Arctic region. B) nitrogen fixing bacteria plants are more abundant in ecosystems. Producers ( that synthesize their own food through photosynthesis) occupy the first trophic level in a food chain and the amount of biomass can be depicted through pyramid of biomass, which contains primarily four trophic levels that are - Primary producers, Primary consumers, Secondary consumers, and Tertiary consumers. Gross primary production in aquatic ecosystems is most likely to be limited by decreases in which of the following nutrient pairs? Scientists use trophic cycles to study the flow of matter in an ecosystem by observing feeding relationships between organisms. A) A Primary producers support the primary consumers in an ecosystem. All rights reserved. Burning reduces available carbon for primary producers and, therefore, primary consumers. 34) How does inefficient transfer of energy among trophic levels result in the typically high endangerment status of many top-level predators? Consider the food chain of grass grasshopper mouse snake hawk. Therefore, the color, textures, and curves of wood used in the product can be changed. (B) About 90% of the energy is lost between most trophic levels. (d) Bacteria. Regarding soil and organic matter in humus, which of the following statements is TRUE? answer choices. C) uric acid from animal excretions phosphorus. High-energy solar radiation enters the atmosphere. b. Clams. Energy is neither created nor destroyed; therefore, it is fully transferred to each trophic level. C. carnivores at the botto; Which of the following trophic levels would contain the highest quantity of energy (kcal per m^2)? A) Primary producers occupy the trophic level that directly feeds all autotrophs.B) Heterotrophs are able to thrive in an ecosystem without primary producers. Analysts at Deutsche Bank raised their target price on Associated British Foods from 2,180.0p to 2,300.0p on Tuesday, stating its Primark unit had driven "another upgrade". C) I, II, and III Our experts can answer your tough homework and study questions. Blue Heron b Wild Rice . Bacteria d Pike Fish Plz help answer quick thank you B) Canada D) There are only so many organisms that are adapted to feed on other types of organisms. C. ferns and hornworts. c. Autotrophic. Although few species of phytoplankton produce these toxins, even beneficial phytoplankton can be damaging. Which of the following is not a domain on Earth? The water, temperature, rocks, and other abiotic components of the aquarium. They form the basis of the food chain by creating food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis. 15) Use the following figure to answer the question. For example, up to 100,000 pounds of phytoplankton may be necessary to feed the equivalent of only one pound of a predator species at the top end of the chain. (E) Fish can potentially provide more food for humans than seal meat. D) Germany C) tropical seasonal forest In areas of shallow water, where sunlight is able to reach the bottom, plants such as seaweeds and grasses are primary producers. They can be thought of as the first and most important step in the food chain. - editor and reporter. 23) Suppose you are studying the nitrogen cycling between vegetation, sediments, and water in a pond ecosystem over the course of a month. C) chemoautotrophic bacteria. See Page 1. 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