Ecology Test Review

What does the arrow represent in a food web?

• It shows which animals live close to each other

• The flow of water from one organism to another

• The flow of energy from one organism to another

• It shows how diseases are passed from one organisms to another

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What kind of relationship is a hawk eating a snake?

• consumer--producer

• host--parasite

• predator--prey

• producer--consumer

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What is a parasite in an ecosystem?

• an organism that creates its own food through photosynthesis

• an organism that is hunted for food

• an organism that hunts for food

• an organism that lives/on another organism for survival

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What is a consumer in an ecosystem?

• An organism that creates its own food through photosynthesis

• an organism that is hunted for food

• an organism that hunts for food

• an organism that lives on/in another organism for survival

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is a producer in an ecosystem?

• an organism that creates its own food through photosynthesis

• an organism that is hunted for food

• an organism that hunts for food

• an organism that lives on/in another organism for survival

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is a biotic factor?

• A nonliving thing that influences or affects an ecosystem

• Anything living or nonliving in an ecosystem

• A living thing that influences or affects an ecosystem

• A chemical compound in an ecosystem

What is an abiotic factor?

• A nonliving thing that influences or affects an ecosystem

• Anything living or nonliving in an ecosystem

• A living thing that influences or affects an ecosystem

• A chemical compound in an ecosystem

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What is not an abiotic factor?

• Sunlight

• Plants

• Water

• Rocks and Minerals

Which of the following is a biotic factor in a forest ecosystem?

• Rocks and pebbles in a stream

• Water that flows down a small hill

• Mosses which live in tress

• Sunlight which is able to penetrate through the treetops

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

What is biodiversity?

• All of the abiotic factors in an ecosystem

• All of the different types of one organism in a region or ecosystem

• The variety of different types of organisms found in a region or ecosystem

• The ability for organisms to adapt to their environment over time

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