What is the difference between biotic and abiotic?

Biotic is life, Abiotic is non-living

Biotic is non-living, Abiotic is living

What does biodiversity mean?

The different amount of species in an area

a group of the same species in the same geographic area.

a group of similar species in different areas

a group of several species in the same geographic area

a group of several species along with their abiotic factors in a small area.

Why do the populations of invasive species grow so quickly?

Invasive species have no predators.

Invasive Species are native to an area.

Invasive species are prey to many animals.

Invasive species keep the ecosystems in equilibrium.

Click on the map to help answer this question. What can we predict about the population of Feral Swine for the year 2016?

There will be more feral swine in 2016 than there were in 2010

There will be less feral swine in 2016 than there were in 1982.

There were fewer feral swine in 2004 than 1982.

There will be no change in feral swine population.

Which best describes what a food chain shows you?

Energy flow through an ecosystem

Food flowing through an ecosystem

Consumers going into other consumers

What is the role of a producer?

Gain energy from eating other organisms

Keep other species from overpopulating

What's the role of consumers in a food chain?

Eat other species and keep them from overpopulating

What is the role of decomposers in a food chain?

Break down dead organisms and add nutrients to the soil

Eat other organisms to gain energy

Make the food for the whole food chain

Which is the correct food chain order?

Plant-->1st Consumer--> 2nd Consumer

Plant <-- 1st Consumer <-- 2nd Consumer

2nd consumer --> 1st consumer --> Plant

1st Consumer --> 2nd consumer --> Plant

Which of these is true about this food web?

The Mouse is most likely to die, several ways.

The Owl gets its energy from the producer.

The Lion gets its energy only from a wild cat.

The Kite gets its energy from the goat.

What do the arrows in the food chain indicate about the flow of energy in an ecosystem?

Energy flows in one direction in an ecosystem, from producers to consumers.

Energy is continuously recycled by the organisms in an ecosystem.

More of the available energy in an ecosystem is given to large animals than to small animals.

Organisms at the end of the food chain receive more energy than those at the beginning.

Which one of the following is true of grass in an ecosystem?

It produces glucose from carbon dioxide and water.

It produces carbon dioxide from oxygen and water.

How would the removal of earthworms from the food chain affect the other organisms?

The number of crayfish will decrease.

The number of bass will increase.

The crayfish will get their energy directly from the sun.

The number of bass and ospreys (bird) will increase.

Suppose that a new predator of the rabbit migrated to this ecosystem. What is the most likely initial effect on the other organisms?

More competition among the hawks for food

More competition among the mice for food

Less competition among snakes for food

The picture provided shows an ocean bay food chain. Sea otters move into the ocean bay. They eat all of the sea urchins. This change will cause the

arctic foxes to have more food.

The picture shows an energy pyramid. What will most likely happen to the foxes and the wolves if the rabbits are removed?

There will be fewer foxes and wolves.

The foxes will eat more wolves.

The foxes will eat fewer wolves.

There will be more foxes and wolves.

This process is responsible for most environmental problems of excess nitrogen and phosphorus entering streams, lakes and oceans.

agriculture and house hold runoff

What is the hydrosphere?

Rivers, oceans and lakes of the Earth

Ecology 1

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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Which of the following is the most simple level of ecological organization?

A community

An individual or species

A population

An ecosystem

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

TRUE or FALSE: A community includes all abiotic and biotic factors.

TRUE

FALSE

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

TRUE or FALSE: An ecosystem contains only biotic factors.

TRUE

FALSE

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What level of organization can be observed in the image?

Species

Population

Community

Ecosystem

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which is the thin layer of the earth that supports life and also the largest level of ecological organization?

A community

The biosphere

A population

The biome

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which level of ecological organization is composed of many similar ecosystems with the same climate and geographic locations?

A community

A population

A biome

A biosphere

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which is an example of a biotic factor?

The sun

Water

Grass

Rocks

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Ecology 1

80 questions

Which of the following is the most simple level of ecological organization?

TRUE or FALSE: A community includes all abiotic and biotic factors.

TRUE or FALSE: An ecosystem contains only biotic factors.

What level of organization can be observed in the image?

Which is the thin layer of the earth that supports life and also the largest level of ecological organization?

Which level of ecological organization is composed of many similar ecosystems with the same climate and geographic locations?

Which is an example of a biotic factor?

Which is an example of an abiotic factor?

The study of organisms and how they interact with one another and their environment is best described as

The smallest level of organization of life in an organism

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