Ecology Quiz Review 25-26

Which of these is shown in order from the smallest to the largest?

• community, ecosystem, organism, population, biosphere

• biosphere, organism, population, ecosystem, community

• organism, population, community, ecosystem, bioshpere

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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What do herbivores eat?

• Animals

• Plants and Animals

• Plants

• Dead Animals

How much energy is transferred between trophic levels?

• 25%

• 20%

• 10%

• 90%

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Which organism gets its energy by eating sea otters?

• Sea urchins
• Sea Stars
• Sharks
• Large crabs

What is a population?

• groups of different species living in the same area

• group of the same species living in the same area

• includes all of the organisms and non-living things in an area

• major regional or global community

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In the energy pyramid here, how much of the energy in the producers gets passed to the herbivores?

• 10%
• 20%
• 80%
• 90%

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The specific role that an organism plays within a community is that organism's ________________

• interdependence

• niche

• symbiosis

• mutualism

What is typically true of organisms that contain the most energy in natural food chains?

• they are herbivore

• they are omnivore

• they are photosynthetic

• they are heterotrophic

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Which of the examples below can BEST be described as mutualism between animals?

• A tapeworm lives in the intestine of a bird and consumes the food that the bird has eaten
• Mountain lions and wolves fight each other for the same deer
• Honeyguide birds lead humans to hive for honey, birds get to feast on the honey and bees as well.

• Rats live in the garbage dump of a town and rarely interact with people