Ecology Unit Review

What is the first source of energy in most ecosystems?

• scavengers

• detritivores

• producers

• herbivores

Which symbiosis is this, where the tick is getting food, but harming the human?

• parasitism

• mutualism

• commensalism

• predation

Symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit.

• competition

• Mutualism

• commensalism

• energy pyramid

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

• Producer
• Autotroph
• Consumer
• Insect

The amount of energy that usually transfers from one trophic level to the next...

• 10%
• 20%
• 80%
• 50%

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NGSS.HS-LS2-3

NGSS.HS-LS2-4

Which of the following would be the definition of a detritivore?

• Animal that eats insects.

• Organism that breaks down any dead organism.

• Organism that eat only dead animals.

• Organism that feeds on dead plant debris.

An illustration that uses arrows to show the many possible directions in which matter and energy can pass through the organisms in an ecosystem.

• Food chain
• Food web
• Energy Pyramid
• Succession Map

Water temperature would be an example of ...

• A biotic factor
• An abiotic factor

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A collection of organisms that make up a community, as well as all of the nonliving aspects of the environment.

• Population
• Community
• Habitat
• Ecosystem

Organisms that feed on both producers and other consumers.

• Carnivores
• Omnivores
• Herbivores
• Detritivores