Evolution and Community Ecology Test

The study of the interactions between organisms and their environment is:

• Ecology

• Microbiology

• Biology

• Evolution

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Extinction
• Artifical Selection

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What is the name of an animal that is hunted and eaten by other animals?

• producer
• prey
• predator
• decomposer

Bird & Tree: A bird builds a nest in a hole in the trunk of the tree. It is protected from the rain and predators. The tree is not harmed or helped by the bird.

• Mutualism
• Commensalism
• Parasitism

A human & a Tape Worm: The tape worm gets a place to live in the intestines of the human and food from the human. The human loses weight and nutrients from the tape worm.

• Mutualism
• Commensalism
• Parasitism

What is the original source of almost all energy in most ecosystems?

• carbohydrates
• sunlight
• water
• carbon

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Organisms that can capture energy

• Producers

• Consumers

• Detritivores

• Carnivores

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A clownfish uses a sea anenome as a safe place to live. While living there, the clownfish lures in food for the anenome. This is an example of what type of relationship?

• Predator-Prey
• Commensalism
• Mutualism
• Parasitism

Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better suited to the environment survive and reproduce therefore passing down their genes to their offspring? 

• Evolution 
• Variation 
• Adaptation
• Natural Selection 

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

An organism's niche is 

• the entire role an organism has in the place it lives
• the range of temperatures that the organism needs to survive
• all the physical and biological factors in the organism's environment
• the nutrients that flow from the organism to the environment