Ecology Test

A group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area is called a(n)

• community

• population

• biome

• ecosystem

Herbivores are which of the following?

• producers

• secondary consumers

• primary consumers

• decomposers

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Organisms that feed on dead or decaying mater are called

• herbivores

• carnivores

• omnivores

• detritivores

What do all the biotic and abiotic factors in a given area make up?

• a habitat

• a community

• an ecosystem

• a population

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which model shows the amount of energy at each trophic level in an ecosystem?

• Energy pyramid

• food web

• Biomass Pyramid

• food chain

Which of the following provide most of the energy in ecosystems?

• keystone species

• carnivores

• generalists

• producers

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Almost all autotrophs get their energy from

• sunlight

• hydrothermal pools

• decaying matter

• producers

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A major regional or global community of organisms is called with similar temperature and climate is

• an ecosystem

• a biome

• a species

• a population

Two robins eating worms on the same lawn is an example of

• mutualism

• commensalism

• competition

• parasitism

Predation is best described as

• one organism capturing and eating another

• two organisms competing for limited resources

• an interaction in which two species benefit from each other

• an interaction in which one species benefits and other is not affected