Ecology

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

• herbivore
• carnivore
• omnivore

Which of the following terms describes an area where an organism lives?

• community
• habitat
• area

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

• community
• habitat
• population

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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
• parasitiesm

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An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:

• Autotroph
• Producer
• Consumer
• Mutualist

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Consumer that eats plants

• heterotroph
• herbivore
• producer
• community

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What does a food web represent?

• All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.
• The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
• A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 
• How carnivores get their food. 

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Where an organism lives

• habitat
• niche 
• heterotrogh
• biosphere