Quiz about Chapter 5 Environmental Test Review

Question 1

genetic change in a population's gene pool over time

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evolution

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resource partitioning

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primary producer

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Food Web

Question 2

traits that improve an organism's chance of survival are passed more frequently to future generations.

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Natural Selection

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primary succession

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Consumer

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Genetic Drift

Question 3

organisms use of resources and its functional role in a community

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niche

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Producer

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Consumer

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Mutation

Question 4

in this picture bacteria represents a:

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decomposer

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phototropism

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omnivore

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carnivore

Question 5

in this picture the tarantula represents a:

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Secondary Consumer

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herbivore

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Producer

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Primary Consumer

Question 6

in this picture the Eagle represents a:

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Primary Consumer

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Secondary Consumer

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herbivore

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omnivore

Question 7

Organisms that share the same place in a food web and have the same relationship to their energy source can be found in the same...

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Trophic Level

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Consumer

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Producer

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Food Web

Question 8

Which of these is a producer?

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Phytoplankton

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Leopard seal

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Krill

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Seagull

Question 9

The dragonfly is a(n)

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Tertiary consumer

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Producer

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Primary consumer

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Secondary consumer

Question 10

in this picture the mountain lion represents a:

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Secondary Consumer

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decomposer

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omnivore

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Primary Consumer

Question 11

Term that means a living thing

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Organism

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Abiotic

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Individual

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Trophic

Question 12

True or False: An organism's niche is its ecological role

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True

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False

Question 13

An organism that eats other organisms; uses the energy and nutrients stored in other living organisms because they cannot make their own food.

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consumer

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decomposer

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producer

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carnivore

Question 14

Parasitism occurs when one organism gets helped, but another organism is harmed.

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True

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False

Question 15

Eaten by other animals.

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prey

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predator

Question 16

What are all living things in an enviornment?

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biotic factors

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ecology

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abiotic factors

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biome

Question 17

A relationship between two species in which both species benefit.

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mutualism

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parasitism

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commensalism

Question 18

A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is harmed.

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parasitism

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mutualism

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commensalism

Question 19

A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is unaffected.

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commensalism

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parasitism

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mutulaism

Question 20

Populations of cacti, together with sand and rocks, are included in a desert _____.

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ecosystem

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community

Question 21

A type of consumer that eats only animals.

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carnivore

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consumer

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producer

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decomposer

Question 22

An herbivore is a type of consumer that eats only plants.

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True

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False

Question 23

An omnivore is a type of consumer that eats plants and animals.

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True

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False

Question 24

A _____ is the path of energy transfer from producers to consumers.

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food chain

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hawk

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food web

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energy transfer

Question 25

Primary consumers are consumed by _____.

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secondary consumers

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decomposers

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tertiary consumers

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primary consumers

Question 26

Decomposers recycle matter back to the soil.

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true

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false

Question 27

All food chains start with ______.

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producers

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consumers

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decomposers

Question 28

Herbivores, carnivores and omnivores are three types of _____.

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consumers

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decomposers

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producers

Question 29

An animal can be both predator and prey.

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true

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false

Question 30

An _____ is a community of organisms and their abiotic, or nonliving enviornment.

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ecosystem

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species

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community

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population

Question 31

A group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area is known as a ____.

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population

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ecosystem

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species

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community

Question 32

A _____ is all of the populations of species that live in the same habitat and interact with one another.

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community

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population

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species

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ecosystem

Question 33

In a desert ecosystem, the sand is a(n) _____ factor.

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abiotic

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biotic

Question 34

A group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area is known as a ______.

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population

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community

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ecosystem

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species

Question 35

A _____ is a group of organisms that are closely related and can mate to produce offspring.

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species

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ecosystem

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community

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population

Question 36

________ occurs when organisms fight for the same limited resources.

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competition

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sharing

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harmony

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extinction

Question 37

Biotic factors include all living things in an enviornment.

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True

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False

Question 38

Eats other animals.

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predator

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prey

Question 39

An organism that gets energy and nutrients by breaking down the remains of other organisms.

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decomposer

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producer

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carnivore

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consumer

Question 40

Also called an autotroph, this uses energy from the sun to make food.

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producer

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decomposer

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carnivore

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consumer

Question 41

True or False: More than two species can occupy the same niche at the same time

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False

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True

Question 42

What is the study of interactions among all populations in a common environment

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Ecology

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Environmentalism

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Science Studies

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Communology

Question 43

True or False: A community is all the organisms that live together in a place and interact together

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True

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False

Question 44

True or False: a community is the same species located at the same place at the same time

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False

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True

Question 45

All water on the Earth including in the air, oceans, rivers, streams and underground is found in the

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Hydrosphere

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Biosphere

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Atmosphere

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Lithosphere

Question 46

The envelope of air that surrounds the Earth.

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Atmosphere

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Biosphere

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Lithosphere

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Hydrosphere

Question 47

Burning of fossil fuels increases the amount of carbon in the

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Atmosphere

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Biosphere

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Lithosphere

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Hydrosphere

Question 48

After the Industrial Revolution, the amount of ____________ in the atmosphere increased.

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Carbon

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Oxygen

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Nitrogen

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Hydrogen

Question 49

Part of the Earth in which all living organisms are found

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Biosphere

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Hydrospere

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Atmosphere

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Lithosphere

Question 50

An image with several overlapping food chains that represents a community of organisms

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Food Web

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Scavenger

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Heterotroph

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Food Chain

Question 51

The process plants and other organisms use to create energy form the sun

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Photosynthesis

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aquatic ecosystem

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marine ecosystem

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Autotroph

Question 52

organism that breaks down and obtains energy from dead organic matter

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decomposer

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herbivore

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food chain

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predator

Question 53

organism that obtains food by consuming other living things; also called a consumer

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heterotroph

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omnivore

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Autotroph

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host

Question 54

organism that can make its own food

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Autotroph

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energy

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terrestrial ecosystem

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heterotroph

Question 55

An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms

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consumer

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biomass

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predator

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herbivore

Question 56

an organism that makes its own food

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producer

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parasite

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predator

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host

Question 57

A series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten

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food chain

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herbivore

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parasite

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decomposer

Question 58

Organisms that must eat other organisms for energy

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Heterotroph (consumer)

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Competition

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Population growth rate

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Commensalism

Question 59

Community diagram that details several interrelated food chains

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Food Web

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Limiting factor

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Heterotroph (consumer)

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Parasite

Question 60

Organism that feeds on (mechanical breakdown by chewing) plant and animal remains and other dead matter

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Detritivore

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Density-independent limiting factor

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Predator

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Trophic level

Question 61

Full range of physical and biological conditions in which an organism lives and the way in which the organism uses those conditions

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Niche

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Immigration

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Abiotic

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Population

Question 62

An organism that is hunted, killed, and eaten by another organism

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Prey

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Habitat

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Immigration

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Parasitism

Question 63

Display of complex feeding relationships between organisms.

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Food web

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niche

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artificial selection

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evolution

Question 64

Process where new species are created.

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Speciation

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commensalism

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Extinction

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Omnivore

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