Ecology Quiz Review

Organism that can produce its own food from sunlight or chemical energy

• heterotroph
• consumer
• autotroph
• carnivore

In which symbiotic relationship does one species benefit and the other is harmed?

• parasitism
• mutualism
• commensalism

Organism that must consume plants and/or animals to obtain energy

• producer
• heterotroph
• autotroph
• species

In which symbiotic relationship does one species benefit and the other is neither helped nor harmed benefit?

• parasitism
• mutualism
• commensalism

Organism that eats only animals

• carnivore
• herbivore
• omnivore
• detrivore

What do the arrows in a food chain or food web represent?

• the flow of energy
• common ancestors
• populations
• neighboring species

Organism that eats dead plants to obtain energy

• carnivore
• herbivore
• omnivore
• detrivore

Which trophic level receives the least amount of original energy found in the producers?

• primary consumer- trophic level 2
• secondary consumer- trophic level 3
• tertiary consumer- trophic level 3
• quaternary consumer- trophic level 4

Organism that eats plants and animals to obtain energy

• carnivore
• hervivore
• omnivore
• detrivore

Which trophic level receives the greatest amount of original energy found in the producers?

• primary consumer- trophic level 2
• secondary consumer- trophic level 3
• tertiary consumer- trophic level 3
• quaternary consumer- trophic level 4