Ecology

The primary source of energy for all food webs comes from

• predators

• the sun

• the soil

• consumers

All of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other are called a/an ______.

• community
• habitat
• population
• ecosystem

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Green plants are

• producers
• consumers
• herbivores
• omnivores

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

• heterotroph
• consumer
• detritivore
• autotroph

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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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What may happen if the snowshoe hare was removed from the food web pictured?

• The insects in the habitat would increase.
• The shrew population would decrease due to being only hawk food source.
• The willow tree population would decrease.
• Foxes would dies due to no food source. 

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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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A farmer plants two species of grass with similar nutrient needs on the same small plot of land.  What kind of interaction will most likely occur between the two species?

• parasitism
• competition
• commensalism
• mutualism

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Which of the following is NOT an abiotic factor?

• sunlight
• soil
• bacteria
• pond water

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Which of the following is a biotic factor?

• lizards
• temperature
• clouds
• humidity

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