Ecosystems Practice (APES 1.1)

Which of the following is a herbivore?

• cricket
• frog
• hawk
• shrew

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How many carnivores are shown in this food web?

• 6
• 4
• 5
• 3

How many herbivores are in this web?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Which organism do the owl and the weasel compete for in the food web?

• Hawk
• Spider
• Grasshopper
• Shrew

An observer notes that the various birds in her yard feed on are using different parts of the tree for nesting sites and food. This is an example of _______________

• division of labor

• resource conservation

• resource partitioning

• mutualism

An ecosystem contains

• only one species

• only living organisms

• living and non-living components

• only non-living components

A population is best described as

• the members of one species in an area

• all the living organisms in an area

• all the living and non-living components of an area

• all the living organisms in the biosphere

What do you call ALL the living things in the same environment?

• population

• community

• ecosystem

• biome

All the organisms on earth get their energy directly or indirectly from?

• Oxygen
• Water 
• Nitrogen
• The Sun

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Which of the following is NOT true about ecosystems?

• They include no human components.

• They include abiotic (non-living) components.

• They can be a wide range of sizes.

• They include biotic (living) components?