Ecology

Which of the following is another word for a plant?

• autotroph
• heterotroph
• consumer

Which of the following is an organism that eats only meat?

• herbivore
• carnivore
• omnivore

Which is represented by all of the bullfrogs living around a pond?

• community
• habitat
• population

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What would most likely happen if the rabbit population was removed from the food chain grass —› rabbit —› fox?

• their would be more grass
• there would be less rabbits
• there would be more fox

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Which is an example of a parasitic relationship?

• a bee pollinates a flower
• a tapeworm takes nutrients from a dog
• an orchid lives in a tree but does not harm the tree

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In which type of relationship do both species benefit?

• parasitism
• mutualism
• commensalism

Barnacles grow on whales.  Whales give the barnacles a place to live but the barnacles do not help or harm the whale.  Which type of relationship is this?

• commensalism

• mutualism

• parasitism

An individual belonging to a specific species

• Biotic
• Community
• Organism
• Reptile

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All of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other are called a/an ______.

• community
• habitat
• population
• ecosystem

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The living part of an ecosystem

• Biotic
• Abiotic
• Mother Earth
• Flowers

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