Ecology Edulastic Test

Grass is considered

• producer

• decomposer

• primary consumer

• secondary consumer

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A primary consumer eats a ___________.

• decomposer

• producer

• carnivore

• meat

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

 Organisms that create their own food (usually through photosynthesis) are called

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

An organism that breaks down the remains of another animal and returns those nutrients to the soil   

 Living things that cannot make their own food and therefore eat other organisms, are called    

• decomposer

• producer

• consumer

  An animal that eats a secondary consumer is called a    

• primary consumer

• secondary consumer

• tertiary consumer

What organism eats primary consumers?

• producer

• decomposer

• 1st level consumer

• secondary consumer

In which part of the food chain is the greatest amount of energy transferred?

• grass to insect

• insect to frog

• frog to owl

• owl to hawk

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

After several years in a new mountain range pasture, the number of deer had doubled. Which example below indicates that they had exceeded the carrying capacity of that area?

• The herd continued to grow in number.

  
  

• The land became overgrazed and barren

• The range became green and fertile.

• All the deer had twins

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A limiting factor in the desert is

• rainfall

• predators

• food supply

• parasites

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4