Science Review 4.3

All of the organisms of the same species that live in the same place at the same time are a --.

• ecosystem

• habitat

• population

• community

The populations of species that live in the same place at the same time together make a --.

• habitat

• niche

• population

• community

Skunks eat insects, small animals, and berries. That makes a skunk a --.

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

• papervore

The role (or job) of an organism within its environment is its --.

• habitat

• ecosystem

• niche

• population

If a group of foxes is introduced into an ecosystem (grass-->grasshopper-->mouse-->owl) and begins eating the mouse population, what is one thing that will most likely happen to the grasshopper population in this food chain?

• Grasshopper populations will decrease

• Grasshopper populations will increase

• Grasshopper populations will stay the same

• Grasshopper populations will need disappear

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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How are an American alligator and a Gopher snake most likely similar (alike)?

• The ways that they move

• The food that they eat

• The type of skin covering they have

• The way they talk

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An -- is an area where living and nonliving things interact.

• niche

• population

• community

• ecosystem

What is the source of all energy for an ecosystem?

• producers

• consumers

• decomposers

• the Sun

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What do the arrows in a food chain represent?

• The direction that energy moves from organism to organism

• They define the outline of the food chain

• The purpose of the arrows is unknown

• The arrows tell your eyes where to look.

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Choose all of the nonliving factors in an ecosystem.

• sunlight

• animals

• water

• soil

• plants

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