What is ecology

• Room to stay

• Environment

• Where life interact with non living

• Grass

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Mistletoe grows and spreads on trees, taking their nutrients:

• predation

• parasitism

• mutualism

• commensalism

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Barnacles do not affect whales as they grow, but receive the benefit of a food source. This is

• parasitism

• mutualism

• commensalism

• neutralism

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What is this picture describing?

• It is describing natural selection.

• It is describing direct competition between flamingos and ducks.

• It is describing abiotic factors of the tundra.

• It is describing the niche of each bird.

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90% of the energy that gets lost as you move up a food pyramid or chain gets lost as

• pollution to the environment

• heat to the environment

• energy for decomposers

• gets recycled

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In the energy pyramid below, which organism has the least amount of energy available?

• Producers
• Herbivores
• Carnivores
• Top Predator

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If these organisms were arranged in a food pyramid, which organism would have the least amount of total energy available?

• coyote
• insect
• lizard
• shrub

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Which of the following statements account for the change in population seen between years 7 and 8?

• The birth rate of the pigeons increased.

• The emigration rate of the pigeons decreased.

• The death rate of the pigeons exceeded the birth rate.

• The neighborhood reached its carrying capacity for the pigeon population

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A food pyramid represent the relative amount of energy in trophic levels. Which of the following correctly shows a food pyramid?

• A
• B
• C
• D

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Which organisms would be at the top or last trophic level?

• plant

• herbivore

• omnivore

• carnivore

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