Ecology

What is a population?

• One individual member of a species

• a group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area

• a community of different species and their environment

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Which is an example of an ecosystem?

• An area of cold climate and communities of different species

• one elk

• a group of elks living together in the same area

• elks, snow rabbits, and owls living in the same area

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Where does the energy start in this food chain?

• Plant
• Sun
• Deer
• Wolf

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An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism

• Predator
• Prey
• Competition
• Adaptation

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Barn owls hunt shrews. In this example what is a barn owl?

• Herbivore/Predator
• Carnivore/Prey
• Carnivore/Predator

If a hawk eats a snake, the snake is the...

• Predator
• Alpha
• Prey
• Mutualistic partner

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What role does the mouse play?

• Predator
• Prey

Bears eat fish, insects, plants, seeds, nuts and young elk. They are called __________.

• Franivore

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

Lions only eat buffalo, antelopes, zebras and crocodiles. They are called __________.

• Omnivore

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Delivore

An animal that ONLY eats plants is called a

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Plantivore