Biology - Ecology Part 1

The sequence the best illustrates the flow of energy through an ecosystem is:

• sunlight, plant, wolf, rabbit

• plant, sunlight , rabbit, wolf

• wolf, rabbit, plant, sunlight

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How much energy is passed from one trophic level to the next?

• 20%

• 10%

• 50%

• 100%

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Because many small fish live within sea coral, you could say that providing shelter is of the ________ of the sea coral.

• niche

• biotic factors

• abiotic factors

• carrying capacity

Producers get their energy from?

• grass

• moon

• sun

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Which level in a food pyramid/food web has the most energy?

• Level 3

• Level 2

• Level 1

• Level 4

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Organisms that produce their own food are called ________.

• Heterotrophs

• Herbivores

• Autotrophs

• Omnivores

A relationship between a consumer and producer is best described by:

• snake eating a bird

• tree absorbing minerals

• fungus breaking down wastes

• deer eating grass

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The greatest number of relationships between organisms in an ecosystem is best shown in a

• food web

• food chain

• energy pyramid

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All living organisms have ___________ as the basis for life.

• abiotic factors

• biotic factors

• carbon

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A decaying animal carbon dioxide absorbs in the __________ and _______.

• air and water

• air and soil

• water and soil

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