Ecology and Succession Review

Which of the following lists the level of biological organization in order, from least inclusive to most inclusive?

• individual organism, community, population, ecosystem, biosphere, biome

• individual organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere

• individual organism, community, ecosystem, population, biome, biosphere

• individual organism, population, ecosystem, community, biosphere, biome

Abiotic factors in the environment are all __________. 

• living
• nonliving

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A group of populations that interact in an area is __________

• ecosystem
• community
• biome
• population

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Algae, grasses and trees are all __________. 

• decomposers
• consumers
• autotrophs/producers
• pyramids

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Algae, grasses and trees are all __________. 

• decomposers
• consumers
• autotrophs/producers
• pyramids

Grass --> Grasshopper --> Mockingbird represents __________. 

• food chain
• food pyramid
• food web
• ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Energy in an ecosystem is used for growth or lost as __________

• light
• heat
• death
• biomass

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What's missing from the food web?

• decomposers
• producers
• consumers
• autotrophs

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Barnacles attach themselves to whales. The whales are so large that they are seemingly unaffected. The barnacles get a habitat and food when the whale enters an area with abundant food resources. What type of relationship exists between the whale and the barnacle?

• mutualism
• commensalism
• parasitism
• predation

succession that occurs in an area where soil is already present

• ecological succession 
• primary succession 
• secondary succession
• pioneer speciles