Ecology Check In

What are the traits that make an organism better to survive in its environment called?

• adaptations
• evolution
• niche
• population

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What do the arrows in the diagram represent?

• flow of energy

• life cycle stages

• ecological succession

• renewable resource deletion

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

grass --> grasshopper --> sparrow --> hawk

In the food chain above, which organism would be found on level B of the energy pyramid shown?

• grass

• grasshopper

• sparrow

• hawk

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the correct order for this food chain?

• Owl, Mouse, Grasshopper, Grass

• Grass, Mouse, Owl, Grasshopper

• Grass, Owl, Grasshopper, Mouse

• Grass, Grasshopper, Mouse, Owl

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What do herbivores eat?

• Animals

• Plants and Animals

• Plants

• Dead Animals

What do omnivores eat?

• Animals

• Plants and Animals

• Plants

• Dead Animals

How much energy is transferred between trophic levels?

• 25%

• 20%

• 10%

• 90%

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

All of the biotic and abiotic factors.

• community

• ecosystem

• population

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Members of a species in a certain area

• Ecosystem
• community
• biodiversity
• population

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What may happen if the snowshoe hare was removed from the food web pictured?

• The insects in the habitat would increase.
• The shrew population would decrease due to being only hawk food source.
• The willow tree population would decrease.
• Foxes would dies due to no food source. 

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4