Ecology

Select all the following answers for:

Ecology is the study of

• ecosystems and how many different species interact in an environment.

• micro organisms

• non-living factors.

• echolocation by dolphins and whales.

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An endangered species is one that is...

• a species that is in danger of going extinct

• a species that has gone extinct

• a species that is bred in captivity

• the most important species in an ecosystem

Biodiversity recognizes all the different....

• numbers of the same species in an ecosystem

• all the different species in an ecosystem

• different states of matter

• many different terms we learn in science.

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What does extinct mean? select all that apply

• All the species of an organism have died off

• a very low amount of a certain species

• a species that is protected on an endangered species list

• a species that no longer has any living organisms on earth.

Non-point source pollution means....

• we know exactly where the pollution came from

• we do not know exactly where the pollution came from

• means the pollution has no point and cannot break through layers of rock

• there is no pollution

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What does every food chain start with? (Even if it's not drawn or written there!)

• producers

• sun

• consumer

• decomposers

An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:

• Autotroph
• Producer
• Consumer
• Mutualist

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Consumer that eats plants

• heterotroph
• herbivore
• producer
• community

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What does a food web represent?

• All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.
• The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
• A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 
• How carnivores get their food. 

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Where an organism lives

• habitat
• niche 
• heterotrogh
• biosphere