Post Test Abiotic and Biotic Factors

Which of the following terms describe a straight series of connections among organisms that feed on each other?

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Food Web

• Food Chain

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the correct order from lowest to highest in the following food chain?

• Hawk to grass

• Grass to grasshopper to mouse

• grasshopper to grass to mouse

• Grass to Hawk

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following animal is a 3rd level consumer

• Grass

• Hawk

• Mouse

• Grasshopper

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which animal is a first level consumer?

• Grass

• Hawk

• Mouse

• Grasshopper

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which one of the following is a producer?

• Grass

• Hawk

• Grasshopper

• Mouse

What level of consumer is a coyote?

• First level consumer

• second level consumer

• third level consumer

• Coyote can be a second or a third level consumer depending on the energy pyramid of species

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What level of consumer is the rabbit?

• 1st level consumer

• 2nd level consumer

• 3rd level consumer

• none he is a producer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The conditions for lionfish are different in the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean. Because lionfish are native to the Pacific Ocean, they have not caused the disruption in the Pacific Ocean that they have caused in the Atlantic Ocean.

• Predators recognize lionfish and eat them

• Prey do not recognize lionfish or avoid them

• Predators do not recognize lionfish as prey

• Lionfish population is controlled by humans

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What are two benefits for the lionfish living in the Atlantic ocean and the Gulf of Mexico versus lionfish living in the Pacific Ocean?

• The lionfish is on the top level of the food chain in coral reefs environments

• The lionfish would increase the fishing industries profits

• Both A and B

• Neither A or B

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Human activity can affect ecosystems by removing producers, consumers, and decomposers. What limiting factors may result from human actions, and what effects might they have on the flow of energy and matter in an ecosystem?

• Humans might us available space, disrupting shelter, the land, and nesting sites, or changing water supplies to the ecosystem.

• Their actions could reduce the number of producers and consumers by disrupting the food web and reducing the amount of available energy for consumers.

• Both A an B

• Neither A or B

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4