Unit 9: Ecology Review

A group of ducks would represent which of the following?

• Species Individual
• Population
• Community
• Ecosystem

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Which lists the levels of organization from biggest to smallest?

• biosphere, community, ecosystem

• ecosystem, community, population

• individual, ecosystem, population

• population, community, ecosystem

Dogs and cats compete with one another for food. What is this a form of?

• interspecific competition

• intraspecific competition

• niche partitioning

• random dispersion

Humans give birth to 1 to 2 young and provide several years of parental care resulting in many humans surviving childhood and living into adulthood. What type of survivorship do humans exhibit?

• Type 1

• Type 2

• Type 3

Which of these is an example of parasitism?

• A dog defending its territory.

• A chipmunk storing its food in a tree.

• A tapeworm feeding in a human's stomach.

• A cat kills and eats a mouse.

How do autotrophs get their energy?

• dead matter

• eating heterotrophs

• sunlight

• using other chemicals

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Which type of succession starts with bare rocks eventually leading to a community?

• pioneer succession

• secondary succession

• primary succession

• eutrophication

What type of biome exists in Georgia which is characterized by mild, wet winters and hot, wet summers and trees that lose their leaves in the fall?

• tropical rainforest

• temperate deciduous forest

• desert

• tundra

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What organisms first show up in an ecosystem during succession?

• pioneer consumers

• primary species

• tertiary consumers

• pioneer species

Living in a pack is part of an organism's _______.

• biotic factor

• niche

• abiotic factor

• habitat

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