Marine Ecology Test

Where and when an organisms feeds is a behavioral factor that helps define its niche.

• True

• False

The maximum size of a population that can be supported by the available resources.

• sustanance

• carrying capacity

• trophic cascade

• neritic zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Producers can be photosynthetic or chemosynthetic.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Organisms living here must have adaptations to tolerate being exposed to the atmosphere.

• Photic Zone

• Neritic Zone

• Hadal Zone

• Intertidal Zone

• Oceanic Zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Ecology is ...

• part of a life cycle

• a place where organisms live

• study of the interaction of organisms and their environment

• what happens when a predator consumes a prey item

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An example of an abiotic factor influencing marine organisms is ...

• salinity

• predation

• parasitism

• competition

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

When two different species require the same resources we may observe ...

• resource partitioning

• predation

• interspecific competition

• intraspecific competition

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

A species whose removal from the food web would cause major disruption is termed a ..

• keystone species

• primary producer

• carnivore

• trophic kingdom

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

__________________is when one organism successfully outcompetes another and excludes it from a particular area or niche.

• Resource partitioning

• Competitive exclusion

• Predation

• Parasitism

Which of the following is an example of a limiting resource?

• food

• mates

• living space

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1