Fall 2019 Review

The efficiency of energy transfer from a lower trophic level to the next highest level is roughly

• 1%
• 10%
• 100%
• 1000%

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Why is a shark a carnivore.

• because it eats seaweed
• because it eats dead animals
• because it eats sand 
• because it eats other animals

In the energy pyramid here, how much of the energy in each level gets lost as heat or used by the organism for survival?

• 80%
• 90%
• 10%
• 20%

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Eat primary consumers (can be carnivores and omnivores)

• Tertiary Consumers
• Secondary Consumers
• Quaternary Consumers 
• Top Predators 

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Water temperature would be an example of ...

• a biotic factor.
• an abiotic factor.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A collection of organisms that belong to different populations but all live in the same area and interact with one another.

• Population
• Ecosystem
• Community
• Ecosphere

TRUE or FALSE: A community includes all abiotic and biotic factors.

• TRUE
• FASLE

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The process of plants losing water through their leaves is called ____.

• condensation
• evaporation
• transpiration
• exhaling

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Why do living things need nitrogen?

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

What is the only process that removes carbon from the atmosphere?

• combustion
• cellular respiration
• photosynthesis
• decomposition

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6