Ecology

What is the original source of almost all energy in most ecosystems?

• carbohydrates
• sunlight
• water
• carbon

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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

• Carnivore
• Herbivore
• Producer
• Autotroph

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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

• Producer
• Autotroph
• Consumer
• Insect

The nonliving aspects of an ecosystem.

• Abiotic factors
• Biotic factors

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The living portions of the ecosystem.

• Abiotic factors

• Biotic factors

A collection of organisms that belong to different populations but all live in the same area and interact with one another.

• Population
• Ecosystem
• Community
• Ecosphere

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

• Population
• Community
• Habitat
• Ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Organisms that can capture energy from inorganic, nonliving sources.

• Producers
• Consumers
• Detritivores
• Carnivores

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What does a food web represent?

• All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.

• The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.

• A single pathway or energy flow between organisms.

• How spiders get their food.

relationship in which two species live closely together

• resource
• mutualism
• succession
• symbiosis