Ecosystems: What Do Ya Know?

__________ make their own food. 

• Producers
• Consumers
• Carnivores
• Herbivores

________ get there energy from eating other organisms. 

• Producers
• Consumers
• Carnivores
• Herbivores

A community of organisms and their abiotic, or nonliving environment is called ---

• ecology
• ecosystem
• population
• community

The place where an organism lives that provides it with shelter, food and water.

• ecosystem
• population
• community
• habitat

Example of a decomposer

• fungus
• mouse
• plants
• frogs

A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem is a ____________

• ecosystem
• food web
• environment
• population

The first species to appear in an area:

• discovering species

• pioneer species

• new species

• colonizing species

Stable, final stage of succession:

• First Community

• Climax Community

• Pioneer Species

• Intermediate Community

Which habitat exhibits the greatest biodiversity?

• A habitat with 15 different species with about 300 individuals each

• A habitat with 10 different species with about 75 individuals each

Currently sharks are on a rapid decline due to overfishing. If sharks go extinct will this affect the biodiversity of the ocean?

• No, sharks are not important.
• No, sharks will only affect the seal populations.
• Yes, it will disrupt the entire food chain in the ocean.
• Yes, but only a little.