Ecology

What type of organism can make its own food?

• A producer

• A decomposer

• All of the above

• A consumer

Organisms that can make their own food do so by the process of:

• decomposition

• photosynthesis

• respiration

• scavenging

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What type of consumer eats ONLY plants?

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Both herbivore and omnivore

What term do ecologists use to describe where an animal lives (an animal’s home)?

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

• Ecologist

• Population

What is a population?

• One individual member of a species

• a group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area

• a community of different species and their environment

• None of the above

Which is an example of an ecosystem?

• An area of cold climate and communities of different species

• one elk

• elks, snow rabbits, and owls living in the same area

• a group of elks living together in the same area

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An organism that helps to recycle nutrients within an ecosystem by eating dead or decaying organisms is a:

• Predator

• Producer

• Autotroph

• Decomposer

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In any food web, the organisms that are responsible for converting raw energy into usable chemical energy are collectively called ________ while organisms that recycle the nutrients trapped in dead organisms are collectively called ________.

• producers; consumers

• consumers; decomposers

• producers; decomposers

• None of the above

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An area where an organism finds food, shelter and water in a specific arrangement

• niche

• biosphere

• habitat

• biome

In what type of relationship do both organisms benefit from the relationship?

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Mutualism