Unit 9 Vocabulary Review: Ecology & Human Impact

What do we call an organism that can capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce food from inorganic compounds; also called an autotroph?

• Heterotroph

• Consumer

• Producer

• Organism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What do we call an organism that relies on other organisms for its energy and food supply; also called a heterotroph?

• Consumer

• Producer

• Autotroph

• Population

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What do we call a network of complex interactions formed by the feeding relationships among the various organisms in an ecosystem?

• Ecological Pyramid

• Biogeochemical Cycles

• Consumer

• Food Web

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

What do we call the diagram that shows the relative amounts of energy or matter within each trophic level in a food chain or food web?

• Food Web

• Ecological Pyramid

• Biogeochemical Cycle

• Greenhouse Effect

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NGSS.HS-LS2-3

NGSS.HS-LS2-4

What do we call the process in which elements, chemical compounds, and other forms of matter are passed from one organism to another and from one part of the biosphere to another?

• Biogeochemical Cycles

• Food Web

• Ecological Pyramid

• Consumer

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What do we call the natural situation in which heat is retained in Earth's atmosphere by carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, and other gases?

• Food Web

• Producer

• Ecological Pyramid

• Greenhouse Effect

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

What do we call the gradual change in living communities that follows a disturbance?

• Industrialization

• Ecological Succession

• Global Warming

• Greenhouse Effect

What do we call the development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale?

• Industrialization

• Biological Magnification

• Ecological Succession

• Global Warming

What do we call a natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms?

• Invasive Species

• Ecological Succession

• Producer

• Fossil Fuels

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What do we call the increasing concentration of a harmful substance in organisms at higher trophic levels in a food chain or food web?

• Biological Magnification

• Industrialization

• Ecological Succession

• Global Warming