Ecology Review

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Which is an example of an ecosystem?

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An area of cold climate and communities of different species

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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One species benefits, the other is unaffected. Options: symbiosis, parasitism, mutualism, commensalism.

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commensalism

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What type of relationship is described: Honey guide birds alert and direct badgers to bee hives. The badgers then expose the hives and feed on the honey first. Then, the honey guide birds eat as well?

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mutualism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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Tapeworms reside in human intestine and take nutrients from the human.

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parasitism

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Vines grow on a tree. The vines get light but the tree is not affected. What kind of relationship is this?

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Commensalism

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An organism that helps to recycle nutrients within an ecosystem by eating dead or decaying organisms is a: Predator, Autotroph, Producer, Decomposer

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Decomposer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Front

The arrows in a food chain or web represents what?

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They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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The fox in this food web would be considered a: Tertiary Consumer, Producer, Secondary Consumer, Primary Consumer

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Tertiary Consumer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Front

The populations of which organisms will most likely increase as a result of a disease that suddenly reduced the population of Texas horned lizards?

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Ants and grasshoppers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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What are plants called in a food chain? Options: Producers /Autotrophs, Consumers /Heterotrophs, Decomposers, Scavengers

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Producers /Autotrophs

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3