Unit 4 How Ecosystems Work Review

This is evidence of excessive fertilizer use

• carbon dioxide

• climax community

• algal bloom

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An atmospheric gas that increases when fossil fuels are burned

• climax community

• algal bloom

• Carbon Dioxide

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A final and stable community

• Climax Community

• Carbon Dioxide

• Algal bloom

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The ultimate source of energy for almost all organisms except those living deep in the ocean near thermal vents.

• producers

• the sun

• consumers

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Which of these consumers might depend on a rabbit for its energy?

• grasshopper

• coyote

• cow

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A consumer that eats only producers is called a

• ominvore

• carnivore

• herbivore

A linear sequence in which energy is transmitted from one organism to the next is a

• food web

• food chain

• trophic level

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What term refers to the many feeding relationships that are possible in an ecosystem?

• food web

• food chain

• energy pyramid

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Which organism would occupy the level on an energy pyramid with the MOST ENERGY?

• carrot

• grasshopper

• bobcat

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In the Carbon Cycle, where do the producers get their carbon?

• the atmosphere

• carbohydrate in plants

• fossil fuels

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