Ecology Unit Review

An organism that creates its own food (aka a producer)

• autotroph
• heterotroph
• decomposer
• omnivore

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Process by which plants and other organisms use sunlight to synthesize food from CO₂ and water

• Cellular respiration
• photosynthesis
• energy transfer
• food web

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

An organism that relies on other organisms for its energy and food supply (aka a consumer)

• autotroph
• producer
• heterotroph
• biogeochemical cycle

Organism that breaks down and obtains energy from dead organic matter

• omnivore
• carnivore
• herbivore
• decomposer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

An organism that obtains energy by eating both animals and plants

• carnivore
• omnivore
• producer
• herbivore

Pathway by which chemical substances moves through both the biosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the Earth

• biogeochemical cycles
• energy pyramid
• food chain
• food web

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Process that releases energy by breaking down glucose and other food in the presence of oxygen

• photosynthesis
• cellular respiration
• energy flow
• fermentation

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

A graphical representation designed to show the biomass at each trophic level in a given ecosystem

• food web
• energy pyramid
• food chain
• energy chain

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An ecosystem possesses...

• only living components
• only non-living components
• both living and non-living components
• none of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which phrase best describes the focus of ecology?

• individual organisms
• individual cells
• interactions among cells
• interactions among organisms

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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