Ecosystem

A food chain and food web represents which level of the ecology model?

• biome

• ecosystem

• community

• population

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is almost always the first link (trophic level 1) in a food chain?

• predator

• producer

• secondary consumer

• primary consumer

Which food chain is correct?

a. Plant -> carnivore -> herbivore -> omnivore -> predator

b. Plant -> herbivore -> omnivore -> carnivore -> predator

c. Producer -> omnivore -> herbivore -> omnivore -> predator

d. Producer -> carnivore -> carnivore -> omnivore -> predator

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

How would you label the robin in the food chain below?

Oak tree → Caterpillar → Robin → Hawk

• producer

• secondary consumer

• primary consumer

• herbivore

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which is NOT a form of nitrogen found in the nitrogen cycle?

• nitrates

• nitrites

• ammonia

• carbonate

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following is NOT an example of an abiotic factor?

• sun

• snow

• temperature

• microorganisms

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

 

Which of the following is NOT an example of the relationship between a parasite and it’s host?

• Tapeworm living in a human stomach.

• A flea attaching itself to a dog and feeding off it’s blood.

• A mosquito biting a person during a camping trip.

• Heartworms are known to infect a dog's heart and block the heart from pumping blood throughout the rest of its body.

Which pair shows the predator first and the prey second?

• shrimp and shark

• wolf and rabbit

• fly and frog

• mouse and cat

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Producers in the food chain, use –  

• water to produce food from carbon dioxide in the air and water

• light energy from the sun to produce food from carbon dioxide in the air and water

• parasites to produce food.

• light energy from the sun to produce food from carbon dioxide in the air and water

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Which of the following is NOT an example of a decomposer?

• termites

• worms

• fungi

• algae

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3