Zoom Ecology

Members of a species in a defined area

• Ecosystem
• community
• biodiversity
• population

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

• primary consumer
• secondary consumer
• tertiary consumer
• producer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

which symbiosis is this 

• parasitism 
• mutualism
• commensalism
• nonalism 

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit

• competition
• Mutualism
• nitrogen fixation
• energy pyramid

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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

• invasive (non-native) species
• mutualism 
• nitrogen fixation
• commensalism

A food chain is illustrated below:
The arrows represented most likely indicate

• A. Energy released from metabolism into the environment as heat.
• B. Oxygen released from metabolism produced by cellular respiration.
• C. The absorption of energy from the environment that has been created.
• D. The transport of glucose away from the organism through photosynthesis.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Consumer that eats plants

• heterotroph
• herbivore
• producer
• community

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Where an organism lives

• habitat
• niche 
• heterotrogh
• biosphere

A collection of organisms that make up a community as well as all of the nonliving aspects of the environment.

• Population
• Community
• Habitat
• Ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which best describes what a food chain shows you?

• Energy flow through an ecosystem
• Food flowing through an ecosystem
• Consumers going into other consumers
• Who eats who

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3