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Ecology Review
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This ecology quiz comprehensively covers fundamental concepts in ecosystem structure, energy flow, and organism interactions appropriate for high school biology students in grades 9-10. The questions assess students' understanding of producer-consumer relationships, trophic levels, and energy transfer efficiency (the 10% rule), while also testing knowledge of symbiotic relationships including mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism. Students need to demonstrate mastery of ecological terminology and hierarchical organization, from individual organisms through populations, communities, ecosystems, and biomes. The quiz requires students to differentiate between biotic and abiotic factors, understand the role of photosynthesis in energy capture, and recognize how food webs represent complex feeding relationships. Additionally, students must grasp concepts like carrying capacity, limiting factors, and the cyclical nature of biogeochemical processes, particularly the carbon cycle. This quiz was created by a classroom teacher who designed it for students studying ecology in grades 9-10. The assessment serves as an excellent comprehensive review tool that can be implemented as a unit exam, formative assessment, or homework assignment to gauge student understanding before moving to more advanced ecological concepts. Teachers can utilize this quiz for end-of-unit review sessions, as a diagnostic tool to identify areas needing reinforcement, or as practice material before standardized assessments. The mix of vocabulary-based questions and conceptual understanding problems makes it ideal for differentiated instruction and helps students prepare for both multiple-choice and application-based questions they'll encounter on state assessments. This quiz aligns with Next Generation Science Standards HS-LS2-1, HS-LS2-3, and HS-LS2-4, which focus on ecosystem interactions, energy transfer, and environmental factors affecting populations.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
An organism that produces its own food supply from inorganic compounds is called a(an)
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NGSS.MS-LS1-6
NGSS.MS-LS1-7
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the original source of almost all energy in most ecosystems?
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NGSS.MS-LS1-6
NGSS.MS-LS2-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Autotrophs make up the _______ level in all ecosystems.
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NGSS.MS-LS1-6
NGSS.MS-LS2-3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the term for each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a biological community?
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NGSS.MS-LS2-3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
which symbiosis is this
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NGSS.MS-LS2-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit
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NGSS.MS-LS2-2
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What does a food web represent?
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NGSS.MS-LS2-3
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