Populations and Resources

When two or more populations use the same resource, such as the same food source, we say there is __________________.

• cooperation

• fighting

• competition

• cannabalism

When one population eats organisms from another population, we say that they are the _____________ _____________.

• top dog

• producer population

• consumer population

• animal canibal

What do we call a particular area where organisms interact with each other and their physical surroundings?

• population

• ecosystem

• city

• environment

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A scientist who studies the interactions of organisms with each other and their environment is called a(n)...

• biologist

• ecologist

• geologist

• paleontologist

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What word refers to the ability to make thing move or change?

• glucose

• food

• power

• energy

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What do we call a molecule that organisms can use to release the energy needed to survive & reproduce?

• food storage molecule

• energy releasing molecule

• energy storage molecule

• mitochondria

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

What is the name of the model that shows what eats what in an ecosystem?

• food web
• food pyramid
• diagram
• graph

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the name of the molecule used by organisms to release energy and is made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms?

• protein

• glucose

• DNA

• adipose

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What do we call the result of one cause leading to an effect that causes one or more other effects?

• food web

• direct effect

• ecosystem collapse

• indirect effect

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What do we call a group of atoms joined together in a particular way?

• molecule

• mole

• model

• energy

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