Ecology Review

What do decomposers do?

• use energy from the sun to do photosynthesis

• make glucose (food) using energy from the sun

• break down dead organic matter

• make music as composers

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What type of organism is at the bottom of a food chain, food web, or energy pyramid?

• producers

• primary consumers

• secondary consumers

• third level consumers

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What part of an energy pyramid has the most amount of energy?

• top of the pyramid

• middle of the pyramid

• bottom of the pyramid

• side of the pyramid

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Who eats secondary consumers?

• primary consumers

• secondary consumers

• third level consumers

• producers

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What describes commensalism? (a)  

• Benefit/neutral
• Benefit/benefit
• Benefit/harm

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Which describes mutualism? (a)  

• Benefit/Benefit
• Benefit/neutral
• Benefit/harm

A mosquito biting your skin is an example of what type of relationship

Match the following

• Community

• All of the parts of Earth that support life

• Population

• One of a living thing

• Ecosystem

• Many different types of plants and animals in an area together

• Biosphere

• Group of the same animals in the same area at the same time

• Organism

• The living and nonliving things that make up an area, like the American River

The primary energy source in any ecosystem

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Ecology is the study of .

• life

• Interactions among organisms and their environments

• interactions among organisms

• how traits are passed from parents to offspring

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