Ecology Unit Review

Which item would be classified as an "abiotic factor" in an ecosystem?

• Bird

• Fungi

• Ant

• Rock

A community is different from a population by having what?

• Communities have biotic and abiotic factors

• Communities have one species living together

• Communities have different species living together

• Community has one individual

Which of the following is an example of a hawksbill interacting with an abiotic factor?

• Hawksbill digs a nest in the sand

• Hawksbill eats a sea sponge

• Hawksbill mates with another hawksbill

• Hawksbill gets attacked by a shark

Put the levels of organization in order from smallest to largest:

• Population, organism, ecosystem, biosphere, community

• Ecosystem, population, organism, community, biosphere

• Organism, population, ecosystem, biosphere, community

• Organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere

Honey guide birds alert and direct badgers to bee hives. The badgers then expose the hives and feed on the honey first. Then, the honey guide birds eat as well.

• predation

• parasitism

• mutualism

• commensalism

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Tapeworms reside in human intestine and take nutrients from the human

• predation

• parasitism

• mutualism

• commensalism

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Vines grow on a tree. The vines get light but the tree is not affected. What kind of relationship is this?

• Competition

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

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The populations of which organisms will most likely increase as a result of a disease that suddenly reduced the population of Texas horned lizards?

• Grasses and ants

• Ants and grasshoppers

• Grasshoppers and Texas Cottonmouths

• Texas cottonmouths and red shouldered hawks

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What happens to the amount of available energy in the pyramid as it moves up through the different levels?

• it increases

• it decreases

• it remains the same

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Which is represented by all of the bullfrogs living around a pond?

• community
• habitat
• population
• organism