The environment includes _________ factors including water, rocks, and light.

• abiotic

• biotic

• non-living

• living

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A community of organisms and their environment is called a(n) ______________.

• biosphere

• population

• neighborhood

• ecosystem

________ make their own food while _______ must eat other organisms to get energy.

• Producers, consumers

• Decomposers, producers

• Consumers, producers

• Carnivores, herbivores

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A tick sucks blood from a dog. In this relationship, the tick is the _____ and the dog is the _______.

• parasite, host

• predator, host

• parasite, prey

• host, parasite

Nature's recyclers are

• predators

• producers

• decomposers

• bacteria

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A beneficial association between coral and algae is an example of

• commensalism.

• parasitism.

• predation.

• mutualism.

The process by which energy moves through an ecosystem can be represented by

• food chains.

• energy pyramids.

• food webs.

• All the above.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which organisms does the base of an energy pyramid represent?

• carnivores

• scavengers

• producers

• herbivores

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following is the correct order in a food chain?

• sun, producers, herbivores, scavengers, carnivores

• sun, producers, herbivores, carnivores, scavengers

• sun, consumers, herbivores, carnivores, scavengers

• sun, consumers, predators, parasites, hosts

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which is NOT an abiotic factor:

• soil

• air

• bacteria;

• water