Ecology Unit Test pt1

Sharks are messy eaters that swim around all day with a small Remora fish attached to their undersides. The Remora eats any food that the shark may drop. The Remora does nothing for the shark. This is an example of…

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Competition

What word best describes the mammals, fish, birds and plants, as well as the sun, soil, air and water in an environment?

• Abiotic

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Biosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The five levels of organization in the environment, from the first to the fifth level are

• Organism, population, biosphere, ecosystem, community

• Organism, population, biotic elements, abiotic elements, community

• Organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere

• Organism, population, biosphere, abiotic elements, ecology

The study of how things interact with each other and with their environment is called __________.

• Ecology

• Symbiosis

• Community studies

• Social studies

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A bird eats a worm. Who is the predator?

• Worm

• Bird

• The bird and the worm

• Neither the bird or the worm

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

What is an example of an abiotic element that may change an area?

• Introducing a new type of grass to the prairie

• Water flooding a prairie

• Two bird species competing for nest habitat

• Uncontrollable mold growth on trees

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

At each level of the energy pyramid, only ____________ % of the available energy is passed to the next consumer.

• 1 %

• 5 %

• 10 %

• 50 %

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Animals that eat a variety of meats, fruits and vegetables are

• Producers

• Carnivores

• Omnivores

• Herbivores

Thinking back to the Energy Pyramid, coyotes prey on prairie dogs. In order for the prairie dog population to survive, how many prairie dogs are needed compared to coyotes?

• Fewer prairie dogs than coyotes

• Many more prairie dogs than coyotes

• About the same number of prairie dogs as coyotes

• There is no relationship between the number of prairie dogs and coyotes

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

When a parasitic tapeworm gets inside a dog’s intestine to obtain food, who is the host?

• The worm

• The decomposer

• The producer

• The dog