Ecology

Michael, David, and Ava went on a field trip to a forest. They observed various animals and plants interacting with each other and their surroundings. Based on their observations, which subject were they practically studying?

• The study of money

• The study of environments

• the study of the interaction of living things with each other and their physical environment.

• the study of of living things

Kai, Lily, and Abigail are studying different levels of ecological organization. They came across the terms Individual, Population, Ecosystem, and Niche. They are confused about which one is not a hierarchy of ecological organization. Can you help them?

• Individual

• Population

• Ecosystem

• Niche

James, Ava, and Liam are on a school trip to the North Carolina Zoo. They are discussing what the biosphere is. According to their discussion, the biosphere is...

• The North Carolina Zoo where they are visiting.

• All the parts of Earth that contain life.

• The specific area in their school where they study biology.

• The continent of Antarctica.

Ethan, Benjamin, and Aiden are on a field trip to a nature reserve. They are asked to identify abiotic factors in their surroundings. What are they looking for?

• All nonliving things in the environment

• Sunlight

• Fungi

• Animals

Arjun, Olivia, and Isla went on a field trip to a forest. They observed various elements in the forest. According to you, what did they observe that can be classified as biotic factors?

• Animals they saw like deer and birds

• All the living things they saw in the ecosystem, like plants, animals, and insects

• The sunlight filtering through the trees

• The plants they saw like trees and ferns

Abigail, Samuel, and Maya are studying the growth of plants in their school garden. They notice that some plants are not growing well. They realize that something is restricting the growth of these plants. This is known as a...

• Food shortage

• Snow

• Disease

• limiting factor

Daniel, Priya, and Abigail are studying the population of rabbits in a particular forest. They want to determine the maximum number of rabbits that the resources in the forest can support. What is this concept called?

• energy limit

• food limit

• limiting factor

• carrying capacity

Aiden, James, and Benjamin went on a field trip to a forest reserve. They observed a linear way to display the flow of energy in the ecosystem. What is this called?

• Energy road

• Food line

• Food chain

• Food web

Noah, Lily, and Aria are studying the flow of energy in an ecosystem for their science project. They are trying to represent it in a complex way that includes crossover. What method should they use?

• Energy circle

• Food web

• Food chain

• Energy chain

During a science class, Charlotte, Henry, and James were learning about different types of organisms. They learned that some organisms synthesize their own energy using sunlight. What are these organisms called?

• Secondary

• Autotrophs

• Heterotrophs.

• Primary