Ecology Test

The desert has hawk, cactus, lizard, and insect. What is the correct order of the food chain?

• hawk-lizard-insect-cactus

• cactus-insect-lizard-hawk

• hawk-insect-cactus-lizard

• cactus-hawk-insect-lizard

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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A food chain is represented below: cactus-insect-lizard-haw. This chain contains:

• 4 consumers and no producers

• 1 predator, 1 parasite, and 2 producers

• 2 carnivores and 2 herbivores

• 2 predators, 1 herbivore, and 1 producer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The diagram shows a food web for a community. Which organisms are carnivores?

• hare and fox

• hare and shrew

• spruce and hare

• hawk and fox

The diagram shows a food web for a community. Which organisms are herbivores?

• hawk and fox

• willow and spruce

• shrew and lynx

• hare and insect

The diagram is a food web. Which organisms are competing for the same food?

• shrew, fox, and lynx

• spruces, hare, and hawk

• willow, hare, and lynx

• hawk, lynx, and fox

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

What ecological term describes all of the biotic and abiotic factors in an area?

• community

• population

• ecosystem

• species

How do you show energy flows in an ecosystem?

• an experiment

• timeline

• food web

• chart

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Who gets energy from the sun?

• consumers

• producers

• carnivores

• herbivores

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What human activity would most likely disrupt the stability of an ecosystem?

• recycling bottles

• reusing paper

• increasing the human population

• protecting land

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Who do predators/carnivores eat?

• decomposers

• producers

• herbivores

• microbes

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-2