Ecology Unit Review

Five different living organisms are represented below.

Which statement about the organisms represented

above is correct?

• All of the organisms are autotrophs.

• Only the flowering plant, green heron, and

  aquatic plant carry out photosynthesis.

• Only the frog, aquatic plant and green heron are

  heterotrophs.

• Only the flowering plant and aquatic plant are

  autotrophs.

All green plants are

• Decomposers

• Consumers

• Producers

• Herbivores

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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

• Carbohydrates

• Sunlight

• Water

• ATP

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

An organism that produces its own food supply

• Heterotroph

• Consumer

• Omnivore

• Autotroph

Study of interactions between organisms and their environment

• Niche

• Ecology

• Community

• Environment

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Members of a species in a defined area

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Biodiversity

• Population

Where an organism lives

• Habitat

• Environment

• Biosphere

• Heterotroph

Non-living factor that affects an ecosystem

• Biotic Factor

• Abiotic Factor

• Biome

• Food Chain

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Organisms that breaks down and absorbs nutrients from dead organisms

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Decomposer

• Omnivore

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

symbiotic relationship in which one organisms benefits and the other organism is not affected

• Invasive Species

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Nitrogen fixation