Ecology Quiz

Ecologists study ecosystems. What is an ecosystem?

• The living and non-living things in a certain area.

• The monetary flow in an economy.

• The system of planets around a star.

• No idea...

Which two components make up an ecosystem?

• abiotic and biotic components

• predator and prey components

• atomic and gravitational components

• no idea...

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Energy flow in an ecosystem from one organism to another is called a ____________?

• food chain/food web

• lunar cycle

• decomposer

• no idea...

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An organism that can make its own food using photosynthesis is known as a ____________.

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

• tertiary consumer

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An organism that must eat other organisms for energy is known as a ____________.

• consumer

• producer

• sediment

• no idea...

These organisms eat dead animal and plant matter for energy, recycling it back into an ecosystem.

• producers

• consumers

• decomposers

• no idea...

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This energy source is the fuel for most ecosystems on the planet.

• the Sun

• hydrothermal

• geothermal

• cooperation

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Air, soil, climate, sunlight, and water are _________ components of an ecosystem.

• abiotic

• biotic

• stringent

• spectral

What component of an ecosystem includes all the living and once-living parts?

• biotic component

• abiotic component

• gastly component

• solar component

The ability for a plant to make its own food energy from sunlight is called ___________?

• photosynthesis

• synthenasia

• predation

• solar armistice

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