Review - Ecology

Abiotic factors in the environment are all __________. 

• living
• nonliving

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A group of populations that interact in an area is __________

• ecosystem
• community
• biome
• population

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

• food chain
• food pyramid
• food web
• ecosystem

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Algae, grasses and trees are all __________. 

• decomposers
• consumers
• autotrophs/producers
• pyramids

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An animal that eats plants and meat is a(n) __________.

• herbivore
• omnivore
• carnivore
• decomposer

An organism`s role in its community is its __________, and where it lives is its _________.

• habitat; niche
• role in community; niche
• niche; role in the community
• niche; habitat

Which of the following memebers of the food chain is a teritary carnivore?

• tree
• insect
• bird
• fox

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What is the source of energy that flows through most of the food chains on Earth?

• plants
• the sun
• temperature
• wind

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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

Animals, such as fiddler crabs, advertise the size of their enlarged claw to intimidate their rivals. This territorial display is an example of what type of relationship?

• predation
• commensalism
• competition
• mutualism

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