Feeding Relationship BIO A

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Multiple Choice

A living organism that puts materials from dead  plants and animals back to the soil is called a ____________?

• carnivore
• decomposer
• herbivore
• omnivore

Multiple Choice

An ecosystem is a community of organisms interacting with their physical environment. Why are decomposers an important part of ecosystems?

• They break down dead organisms to return nutrients to the soil.
• They produce their own food for survival.
• They play a role in preventing weathering and erosion.
• They provide most of the energy to consumers.

Multiple Choice

How are decomposers different from plants?

• They are not different

• They cannot make their own food through photosynthesis like plants

• They don't need nutrients to survive

• They are not important to the environment

Multiple Choice

Which of these is an example of a commensalism relationship?

• Squirrels eat and bury acorns. This also helps the tree reproduce.

• A tick feeds on a deer. The deer gets sick

• Hermit crabs live in the shells of dead organisms for shelter

Multiple Choice

The example of a woodpecker drilling holes into a tree to find and eat insects represents what type of relationship?

• Mutualism

• Predator-Prey

• Parasitism

Multiple Choice

In the image below, a flounder (fish) blends in with the sea floor because of what adaptation?

• Flatness

• Mimicry

• Camouflage

Multiple Choice

The adaptation that helps this praying mantis resemble the flower it lives on is called mimicry

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which organism in this scenario is a predator?

• Zebra

• Both the cheetah and the zebra

• Cheetah cat

Multiple Choice

Based on the graph, what happened to the wolf population from 2011 to 2017?

• The population decreased

• The population increased

• The population remained the same

Multiple Choice

Based on the graph, what was the size of the wolf population in 1981?

• 30

• 100

• 10

Multiple Choice

Where do producers get their energy to complete photosynthesis?

• The Sun

• A hamburger

• Decaying Matter

Multiple Choice

Another name for a producer is a heterotrophflow

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What type of symbiotic relationship is this?

Squirrels bury acorns in the fall. The squirrels get food in the winter. Some of the acorns grow into oak trees.

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

Multiple Choice

If you need to eat things to get your energy, what are you called? *read carefully

• A producer

• A consumer

• Either a consumer or heterotroph

• A heterotroph

Multiple Choice

A raccoon eats food from the trash whether it is a vegetable or meat. What type of consumer is it?

• A carnivore

• An herbivore

• An omnivore

Multiple Choice

What would a carnivore eat?

• Fish

• Flowers

• Banana

Multiple Choice

Female insect parasitoids lay their eggs in or on the host, upon which the larvae feed on hatching.

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism