ISB 202 – Organisms and Their Environment:
Assessment
e) All of the above - answers✔✔What are some things that insects do that benefit humans?
a) pollinate plants
b) prey upon other insects that humans consider to be pests
c) decompose dead plants and animals
d) aerate and loosen the soil
e) all of the above
12-18% - answers✔✔about what percentage of earth's biodiversity have scientists identified?
b) all the vegetation (trees, shrubs, grasses, flowers) on the MSU campus - answers✔✔What is
NOT an example of a population (as defined by ecologists)?
a) all the flying squirrels on MSU campus
b) all the vegetation (e.g., trees, shrubs, grasses, flowers) on the MSU campus
c) all the Canadian goose on MSU campus
d) all the students on MSU campus
- gravity
- the [re-]cycling of matter
- one-way flow of high-quality energy - answers✔✔Life on Earth is sustained by three factors;
they are
,the sun - answers✔✔Life on Earth depends on energy. What is the main source of energy on
which life on Earth depends?
Earth would be too cold to support life as we know it. - answers✔✔Without the Earth's natural
greenhouse effect,
-absorbs the majority of incoming solar UV radiation.
- protects living organisms from harmful infrared radiation - answers✔✔The ozone layer of the
Earth's atmosphere:
d) water - answers✔✔Which below is an example of an abiotic factor in an ecosystem?
a) herbivore
b) decomposer
c) primary producer
d) water
d) predator - answers✔✔Which below is an example of a biotic factor in an ecosystem?
a) carbon dioxide
b) nitrogen
c) water
d) predator
carbon dioxide, water, solar energy - answers✔✔What are the inputs for photosynthesis?
glucose and oxygen - answers✔✔What are the outputs of photosynthesis?
- rabbit
, - coyote
- owl
- grasshopper - answers✔✔Which below is a heterotroph? (Choose all that apply.)
a) Rabbit
b) Corn
c) Algae
d) Coyote
e) Oak trees
f) Owl
g) Grasshopper
h) Grass
- rabbit
- grasshopper - answers✔✔Which is a primary consumer (not a secondary consumer)? (Choose
all that apply)
a) fox
b) rabbit
c) fox
d) grass
e) grasshopper
- glucose
- oxygen - answers✔✔What are the inputs for aerobic cellular respiration?
- carbon dioxide
- water
Assessment
e) All of the above - answers✔✔What are some things that insects do that benefit humans?
a) pollinate plants
b) prey upon other insects that humans consider to be pests
c) decompose dead plants and animals
d) aerate and loosen the soil
e) all of the above
12-18% - answers✔✔about what percentage of earth's biodiversity have scientists identified?
b) all the vegetation (trees, shrubs, grasses, flowers) on the MSU campus - answers✔✔What is
NOT an example of a population (as defined by ecologists)?
a) all the flying squirrels on MSU campus
b) all the vegetation (e.g., trees, shrubs, grasses, flowers) on the MSU campus
c) all the Canadian goose on MSU campus
d) all the students on MSU campus
- gravity
- the [re-]cycling of matter
- one-way flow of high-quality energy - answers✔✔Life on Earth is sustained by three factors;
they are
,the sun - answers✔✔Life on Earth depends on energy. What is the main source of energy on
which life on Earth depends?
Earth would be too cold to support life as we know it. - answers✔✔Without the Earth's natural
greenhouse effect,
-absorbs the majority of incoming solar UV radiation.
- protects living organisms from harmful infrared radiation - answers✔✔The ozone layer of the
Earth's atmosphere:
d) water - answers✔✔Which below is an example of an abiotic factor in an ecosystem?
a) herbivore
b) decomposer
c) primary producer
d) water
d) predator - answers✔✔Which below is an example of a biotic factor in an ecosystem?
a) carbon dioxide
b) nitrogen
c) water
d) predator
carbon dioxide, water, solar energy - answers✔✔What are the inputs for photosynthesis?
glucose and oxygen - answers✔✔What are the outputs of photosynthesis?
- rabbit
, - coyote
- owl
- grasshopper - answers✔✔Which below is a heterotroph? (Choose all that apply.)
a) Rabbit
b) Corn
c) Algae
d) Coyote
e) Oak trees
f) Owl
g) Grasshopper
h) Grass
- rabbit
- grasshopper - answers✔✔Which is a primary consumer (not a secondary consumer)? (Choose
all that apply)
a) fox
b) rabbit
c) fox
d) grass
e) grasshopper
- glucose
- oxygen - answers✔✔What are the inputs for aerobic cellular respiration?
- carbon dioxide
- water
