Ecology 1 Test

An organism that produces its own food supply from inorganic compounds is called a(an)

• heterotroph
• consumer
• detritivore
• autotroph

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What is the term for each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a biological community?

• energy path
• food web
• trophic level
• food pyramid

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Autotrophs make up the _______ level in all ecosystems.

• First
• Second
• Third
• Fourth

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

• Producer
• Autotroph
• Consumer
• Insect

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

• 10%
• 20%
• 80%
• 50%

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

• Animals that eat insects.
• Organisms that feed on rocks, recycling the nutrients back into the ground.
• Organisms that eat only pants
• Things that feed on dead organisms, recycling the nutrients back into the ground.

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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

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The nonliving aspects of an ecosystem.

• Abiotic factors
• Biotic factors

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Water temperature would be an example of ...

• A biotic factor
• An abiotic factor

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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

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