ECOLOGY #2

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

• carbohydrates
• sunlight
• water
• carbon

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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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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. 

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Study of interactions between organisms and their environment 

• niche
• community 
• ecology
• ecosystem

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Members of a species in a defined area

• Ecosystem
• community
• biodiversity
• population

All the organisms in a particular location, including their nonliving environment

• ecosystem
• carnivore
• niche
• population

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Nitrogen fixation processes nitrogen from which of the following sources?

• lightning
• fertilizers
• dead plants
• atmosphere

What is it called when water is changed from a liquid to a gas?

• EVAPORATION
• PRECIPITATION
• TRANSPIRATION

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In the food web shown, the snail would be considered...

• primary consumer
• secondary consumer
• tertiary consumer
• producer

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relationship in which two species live closely together

• resource
• mutualism
• succession
• symbiosis

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