Multiple Choice Practice for Ecosystems Concepts

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Funguses are decomposers that recycle essential nutrients back into a usable form for producers.

Facts about the test: The AP Environmental Science exam has 80 multiple choice questions and you will be given 1 hour 30 minutes to complete the section. That means it should take you around 17 minutes to complete 15 questions.

*The following questions were not written by CollegeBoard and although they cover information outlined in the AP Environmental Science Course and Exam Description the formatting on the exam may be different.

1. What is the best description of an ecosystem?

A. Biotic and Abiotic factors interacting.

B. All interspecies interactions.

C. The populations of all organisms in a given area interacting.

D. The interactions of plants and animals in a given area.

A. Energy pyramid

B. Food pyramid

C. Food web

D. Food chain

3. The sun provides the energy for almost all life on Earth. Approximately how much of the sun's total potential energy hitting the Earth is used in photosynthesis?

A. 90%

B. 75%

C. 10%

D. 1%

4. As energy moves within an ecosystem, how is the majority of it lost?

A. Cellular respiration

B. Light

C. Metabolism

D. Heat loss

A. The total amount of energy stored.

B. The potential energy that producers can make.

C. The total amount of energy from the sun.

D. The total amount of energy available.

A. Primary Consumer

B. Secondary Consumer

C. Decomposer

D. Autotroph

A. Water

B. Nitrogen

C. Carbon

D. Oxygen

8. A group of living organisms play a large role in the nitrogen cycle. Which group do they belong to?

A. Producers

B. Detritivores

C. Virus

D. Bacteria

9. Humans have altered the phosphorus cycle by

A. Clear-cutting forests.

B. Creating large-scale open-pit mines.

C. Damming rivers for hydroelectric power.

D. Using fertilizers.

A. Long term temperature and precipitation averages.

B. The proximity to the equator.

C. The recorded high and low-temperature records over the last 100 years.

D. The current atmospheric events such as storms or droughts.

11. Which region of the Earth gets hit with the most direct angle of sunlight?

A. North pole

B. Temperate regions

C. Equator

D. South Pole

A. Coral Reefs

B. Savannahs

C. Rainforests

D. Grasslands

13. A scientist is tracking reindeer migrations and notices that they spend a significant amount of time on the permafrost. What type of biome are they in?

A. Chaparral

B. Tundra

C. Grasslands

D. Forest

A. Is stuck to a surface and can not move around.

B. Lives on the bottom of the ocean.

C. Exists in the area between high and low tide.

15. An ecologist is writing up documentation to convince developers to leave a wetland as it is. What fact is inaccurate about the benefits of wetlands?

A. Wetlands filter pollutants out of the water.

B. Wetlands are a breeding site for fish and birds.

C. Wetlands are ideal for grazing cattle and other livestock.

D. Wetlands are areas of high primary productivity.