Patterns of Biotic and Abiotic Factors

Which of the following terms describe a series of connections among organisms that feed on each other?

• Food Web

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Food Chain

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Which on is an example of a producer?

• Grasshopper

• Mouse

• Slug

• Grass

What is an example of a first-level consumer

• Grasshopper

• Algae

• Coyote

• Hawk

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Which is an example of a third level consumer?

• Mouse

• Rabbit

• Hawk

• Grasshopper

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What is an energy pyramid?

• Energy available beginning with the producers

• Energy used by consumers in each level is only about 10% of the energy in the level below them

• Neither A or B

• Both A and B

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Which organism is NOT a heterotroph?

• Rabbit

• Yeast

• Fungus

• Tomato Plant

In an energy pyramid, what is a consumer?

• Obtains energy from above them in the pyramid

• Obtains energy by feeding on other organisms

• obtains energy only from the sun

• Obtains energy only from fertilizers

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Human activity can effect the number of producers and consumers in an ecosystem by

• building shopping centers

• building highways

• over hunting

• All of the above

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What are limiting factors to organisms?

• Food and Water

• Climate and Weather

• Space and Shelter

• All of the above are limiting factors

• None of the above are limiting factors

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How do limiting factors affect a populations of organisms?

• Limiting factors has nothing to do with the population of an organism.

• Limiting factors cause a population to stop growing or to decrease.

• Limiting factors have nothing to do with survival

• None of the above

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