Ecosystem Unit Test -7th grade

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What is a consumer?

Back

An organism that cannot make its own food and needs to eat other organisms.

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What type of relationship exists between a tapeworm and a cat?

Back

Parasitism - a relationship where one organism benefits at the expense of another.

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In which type of symbiotic relationship does one species benefit while the other is harmed?

Back

Parasitism.

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What are biotic factors in an ecosystem?

Back

Living components such as elephants, plants, and trees.

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What type of symbiosis occurs when hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers?

Back

Mutualism - both species benefit from the relationship.

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What is a producer?

Back

An organism that can make its own food, typically through photosynthesis.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Front

Define mutualism.

Back

A symbiotic relationship where both species benefit.

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What is commensalism?

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A symbiotic relationship where one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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What is predation?

Back

A relationship where one organism (the predator) kills and eats another organism (the prey).

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Give an example of a biotic factor.

Back

Plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3