Ecology Test Review

ecologist rely on the scientific method as well as ______ in their research

• modeling

• diversity

• reanalyze

• ecological pyramid

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

what is a population?

• a group of organisms so similar to one another that they can breed and produce fertile offspring

• groups of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area

• an assemblage of different population that live together in a defined area

• a collection of all organisms that live in a particular place

producers are classified as

• heterotrophs

• autotrophs

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

detritivores such as earthworms

• feed on plant and animal remains

• feed on animal remains

• feed on animal droppings (feces)

• feed on bacteria

fungi and bacteria are heterotrophs and decomposers that break down organic matter

• True

• False

• half correct

Ecology is the study of species and how both biotic and abiotic factors influence them. Biotic means ____ and abiotic means ______

• living, non-living

• non-living, living

• living, living

• non-living, non-living

Too much agricultural runoff can result in which of the following?

• thriving ocean habitats

• slowing of coral bleaching

• increased fish populations

• algae blooms

Energy pyramid explains how energy is transferred between trophic levels before it is recycled in the biogeochemical cycle

• True

• False

The number of individual organisms at each trophic level

• pyramid of numbers

• population

• community

• pyramid of biomass

The water cycle includes all EXCEPT

• transpiration

• respirattion

• evaporation

• precipitation