Ecology Semester Exam

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 carnivores get their food.

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

• Carnivore
• Herbivore
• Producer
• Autotroph

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

• Producer
• Autotroph
• Consumer
• Insect

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

The nonliving aspects of an ecosystem.

• Abiotic factors
• Biotic factors

The living portions of the ecosystem.

• Biotic factors
• Abiotic factors

Water temperature would be an example of ...

• A biotic factor
• An abiotic factor

What is an herbivore?

• A meat eater
• A plant eater
• Something that eats both plants and animals
• A corpse eater

What is a carnivore?

• A meat eater
• A plant eater
• Something that eats both plants and animals
• A corpse eater

What is an omnivore?

• A corpse eater
• Something that eats both plants and animals
• A plant eater
• A meat eater