Ecosystem Vocabulary Quiz Review

What do we call the depiction of the amount of energy in each trophic level of an ecosystem?

• food web

• energy pyramid

• organism relationship

• primary consumer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What do we call a living thing, such as an animal or plant, that influences or affects an ecosystem?

• biotic factor

• abiotic factor

• nonliving

• granite

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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What is a nonliving condition or thing that affects an ecosystem and the organisms in it?

• biotic factor

• abiotic factor

• living

• squirrel

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What do we call an animal that is hunted or seized for food by another animal?

• predator

• producer

• cycad

• prey

What do we call an organism that exists by hunting and eating other organisms?

• predator

• producer

• prey

• cycad

What do we call all the individuals of one species living in an area?

• community

• ecosystem

• consumers

• population

What do we call a carnivore at the top of a food chain; it feeds on other carnivores and consumers?

• producer

• primary consumer

• tertiary consumer

• none of these

What do we call a carnivore that feeds on herbivores but not tertiary consumers?

• producer

• primary consumer

• secondary consumer

• tertiary consumer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What do we call an animal that feeds on plants? It is often called an herbivore.

• producer

• primary consumer

• secondary consumer

• tertiary consumer

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This is an organism that is able to make its own food from inorganic substances.

• producer

• primary consumer

• secondary consumer

• tertiary consumer

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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