Ecology Test Review

An organism is another name for a(n) _____________ factor, or living thing.

• biotic
• abiotic

Temperature and sunlight would be examples of ____________ factors within an environment.

• abiotic
• biotic

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. This relationship neither harms nor benefits the whales.

• parasitism

• commensalism

• mutualism

• predation

Remoras attach themselves to a shark’s body. They then travel with the shark and feed on the leftover food scraps from the shark’s meals. The relationship neither harms nor benefits the shark.

• parasitism

• commensalism

• mutualism

• predation

Oxpeckers feed on the ticks found on a rhinoceros. The oxpeckers get a meal and the rhinoceros is helped by the removal of the ticks.

• parasitism

• commensalism

• mutualism

• predation

Mistletoe extracts water and nutrients from a spruce tree. The spruce tree is harmed.

• parasitism

• commensalism

• mutualism

• predation

A flea feeds on a mouse’s blood and harms the mouse.

• parasitism

• commensalism

• mutualism

• predation

In the energy pyramid here, which organisms have the most energy available?

• Producers
• Carnivores
• Herbivores
• Top Predator

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

In the energy pyramid below, which organism has the least amount of energy available?

• Producers
• Herbivores
• Carnivores
• Top Predator

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

If there is 1000 Kcal available in the producers in trophic level 1, how much energy is available in the herbivores in trophic level 2?

• 10 Kcal
• 1 Kcal
• 100 Kcal
• 1000 Kcal

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3