Ecology Practice

Members of a species in a defined area

• Ecosystem
• community
• biodiversity
• population

Consumer that eats plants

• heterotroph
• herbivore
• producer
• community

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten

• foodweb
• consumer
• food chain
• omnivore

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Organisms that relies on other organisms for food; consumer

• herbivore
• decomposer
• heterotroph
• species

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

• ecosystem

• carnivore

• niche

• population

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

• The insect population would increase.

• The fox population would increase.

• The willow tree population would decrease.

In the energy pyramid here, how much of the energy in the producers gets passed to the herbivores?

• 10%
• 20%
• 80%
• 90%

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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

• primary consumer
• secondary consumer
• tertiary consumer
• producer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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

• carbohydrates
• sunlight
• water
• carbon

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Relationship in which one organism benefits at the expense of the other is called...

• parasitism

• mutualism

• commensalism

• nonalism