Unit 6 Quiz Energy Flow through Ecosystems

This image of jellyfish is a population because it shows...

• All the abiotic and biotic things in a given area.

• A single living thing.

• Many individuals of the same species in the same area.

• Multiple groups of different species in the same area.

A tide pool forms in rocky areas when the tide goes out to sea and leaves a pool full of water. In tide pools you can find anemones, sea stars and urchins. A tide pool is an example of an ecosystem because it contains...

• All the abiotic and biotic things in a given area.

• A single living thing.

• Many individuals of the same species in the same area.

• Multiple groups of different species in the same area.

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This image of a sea otter floating on its back is an example of an organism because it shows...

• All the abiotic and biotic things in a given area.

• A single living thing.

• Many individuals of the same species in the same area.

• Multiple groups of different species in the same area.

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Deep in the kelp forest off the coast of California you can find seals, otters, sea urchins, and rockfish. A kelp forest is a community because...

• All the abiotic and biotic things in a given area.

• A single living thing.

• Many individuals of the same species in the same area.

• Multiple groups of different species live and interact in the same area.

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____________ is the ability to do work or cause change; can be stored in chemicals found in food and released to the organism to do work. Plants get theirs from the sun, animals get theirs from eating plants or other animals.   

• food web

• producer

• energy

• consumer

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What is the role of kelp in this food chain?

(select ALL that apply!)

• producer

• consumer

• prey

• heterotroph

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What is the role of the rainbow star in this food chain?

(select ALL that apply!)

• primary consumer

• predator

• secondary consumer

• prey

• heterotroph

What role is the Norris's top snail?

• primary consumer because it eats a secondary consumer

• predator because it is a carnivore

• prey to a secondary consumer

• primary consumer because it eats a producer

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Scientist's use food chains to model how energy flows in a single pathway from__________ to __________ to ___________.

• producers, consumers, decomposers

• consumers, producers, decomposers

• decomposers, producers, consumers

• producers, decomposers, consumers

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Who receives energy from the zooplankton?

• orca

• bat star

• kelp bass

• plainfin midshipman

• black rockfish

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