Ecology Quiz - Honors

What term best describes the grasshopper?

• Herbivore
• Predator-prey
• Competition
• Producer

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Ants protect soft bodied aphids and in return the aphids feed the ants a sugary drink. What is the ecological relationship?

• Cooperation
• Parasitism
• Commensalism
• Mutualism

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An organism that helps to recycle nutrients within an ecosystem by eating dead or decaying organisms is a:

• Predator
• Autotroph
• Producer
• Decomposer

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A group of particular organisms that belong to the same species that live in the same habitat is known as a:

• Population
• Ecosystem
• Community
• Biome

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In this Food Web Pyramid Which type of consumer gets only 10% of the energy stored in plants?

• Herbivore
• Carnivore
• Omnivore
• Secondary Consumer

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What are the Abiotic factors in this image? 

• water, sunlight, dirt, air
• birds and plants
• birds, water, dirt
• plants, water

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This is the job or role of an organism within its habitat...

• producer

• prey

• carnivore

• niche

• photosynthesis

ALL food chains should end with these types of organisms so that nutrients can be recycled back into a habitat…

• parasites

• predators

• herbivores

• symbiotes

• decomposers

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Why do living things need nitrogen?

• To get energy
• To make amino acids
• To make proteins
• To make proteins AND amino acids

Where is carbon stored in the environment?

• Fossil fuels
• Wood of trees
• Calcium carbonate (shells and bones)
• All of the above

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