Ecology Notes Quiz Review

Which of the following terms includes all the living AND nonliving things in a particular area?

• Population
• Community
• Ecosystem
• Biome

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What type of organism can make its own food?

• A producer (an autotroph)
• A consumer (a heterotroph)
• A decomposer
• All of the above

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What does a herbivore, omnivore and carnivore have in common?

• They all make their own food
• They must consume plants and/or animals for food
• They decompose dead or decaying organisms
• They feed on dead animals and animal waste

Ecology is the study of:

• only the living things in the environment
• only the nonliving things in the environment
• how living things interact with each other and the nonliving things in the environment
• scientists who perform research on living things

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What type of consumer eats plants?

• A. Herbivore

• B. Omnivore

• C. Carnivore

• D. Both a and b

Organisms that can make their own food do so by the process of:

• decomposition
• respiration
• photosynthesis
• scavenging

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Which list includes ONLY abiotic factors?

• grass

  trees

  birds

• rocks

  soil

  temperature

• bacteria

  fungi

  viruses

• a dead tree

  water

  grass

What term means the role or job of an organism in thier ecosystem?

• habitat
• interdependence
• niche
• ecology

Any living thing is called a(n)

• organ

• organ system

• organism

• cell

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Which of the following is an example of a biotic factor?

• A bacterium
• A rock
• Water
• Soil

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