Ecology

Ecology

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All of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other are called a/an ______.

• community
• habitat
• population
• ecosystem

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An individual belonging to a specific species

• Biotic
• Community
• Organism
• Reptile

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What do omnivores eat?

• Animals

• Plants and Animals

• Plants

• Dead Animals

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What do herbivores eat?

• Animals

• Plants and Animals

• Plants

• Dead Animals

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The non-living part of an ecosystem

• Ocean
• Lava Flow
• Birds
• Abiotic

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The living part of an ecosystem

• Biotic
• Abiotic
• Mother Earth
• Flowers

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An area where an organism finds food, shelter and water in a specific arrangement

• niche

• biosphere

• biome

• habitat

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The image provided is an example of a(n):

• Autotroph
• Carnivore
• Herbivore
• Decomposer

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Which best describes what a food chain shows you?

• Energy flow through an ecosystem
• Food flowing through an ecosystem
• Consumers going into other consumers
• Who eats who

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What is this called?

• Food Web
• Food Chain
• Abiotic Factors

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Where do all life forms get their energy?

• Earth's Core
• Water
• Plants
• The Sun

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The shrew provides energy for the _______?

• cricket
• grasshopper
• frog
• snake

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An animal that gets energy from eating both plants and animals is a 

• herbivore
• carnivore
• omnivore
• autotroph

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What is a carnivore?

• an animal that gets energy by eating other animals
• An animal that gets energy by eating only plants
• an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and animals
• an animal that makes its own energy through photosynthesis

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What is a herbivore?

• an animal that gets energy from eating other animals
• an organism that gets energy from eating only plants
• an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and other animals
• an animal that eats only herbs

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Examples of a producer

• frog

• algae

• worm

• mouse

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Examples of a producer

• frog
• algae
• worm
• mouse

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• Parasitism
• Mutualism
• Commensalism
• Predation

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• Parasitism
• Mutualism
• Commensalism
• Predation

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A tick and a dog have this type of relationship.

• mutualism
• commensalism
• neutralism
• parasitism

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When a mosquito bites you, you are the __________ and the mosquito is the  ____________.

• host, hostess
• parasite, host
• host, parasite
• prey, predator

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Which symbols best describe parasitism?

• +,+
• +,-
• +,0
• -,0

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What type of symbiosis?  Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers.  The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower.

• commensalism
• mutualism
• parasitism
• predation

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A tapeworm and a cat have this type of relationship.

• mutualism
• parasitism
• commensalism
• competition

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Cattle egrets forage (feed) in fields among cattle. The egret gets easy access to flying insects stirred up by the cattle, and the cattle don't care if they are there or not.

• mutualism
• commensalism
• competition
• parasitism