Unit 9: Ecology

Check the biotic factors.

• A tree

• Bacteria

• Oxygen

• An ant

Identify the producer in this food chain.

• Fern

• Beetle

• Mouse

• Owl

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Identify the herbivore in this food chain.

• Fern

• Beetle

• Mouse

• Owl

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Identify the tertiary consumer in this food chain.

• Fern

• Beetle

• Mouse

• Owl

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Gets energy from eating food.

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

A population of deer and a competition of rabbits both eat the same scare grasses in the winter.

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Competition

• Predator/Prey

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

A male peacock displays his feathers to attract a female mate.

• Courtship

• Pheromones

• Competition

• Predator/Prey

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

Food is scarce in an ecosystem and the population cannot grow. What is this an example of?

• Competition

• Limiting Factor

• Carrying Capacity

• Tolerance

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

This organism converts nitrogen in the atmosphere into a usable form.

• Plants

• Bacteria

• Humans

• Insects

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Check all of the following that are carbon SOURCES.

• Respiration

• Photosynthesis

• Burning Fossil Fuels

• Deforestation

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4