Ecology 1 Quiz

What is an organisms that only eats plants known as?

• carnivore

• omnivore

• herbivore

• detrivore

An organism that produces its own food supply from inorganic compounds is called a(an)

• heterotroph
• consumer
• detritivore
• autotroph

What does a food web represent?

• All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.
• The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
• A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 
• How carnivores get their food. 

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The nonliving aspects of an ecosystem.

• Abiotic factors
• Biotic factors

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Water temperature would be an example of ...

• A biotic factor
• An abiotic factor

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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

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A place where an organism lives.

• Terrain
• Habitat
• Community
• Population

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

• carbohydrates
• sunlight
• water
• carbon

Study of interactions between organisms and their environment 

• niche
• community 
• ecology
• ecosystem

Organisms that breaks down and absorbs nutrients from dead organisms 

• consumer
• trophic level
• decomposer
• species