Ecology Test Review

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 is a species?

• Different animals that compete for the same resources

• A group of similar organisms that can reproduce with each other

• A group of organisms that live together

• A group of organisms that are physically and functionally very different from each other

What type of organism can make its own food?

• A producer (an autotroph)

• A consumer (a heterotroph)

• A decomposer

• All of the above

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

• decomposition

• respiration

• photosynthesis

• scavenging

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What is a food chain?

• A representation of an organism’s life cycle

• A way to show the feeding relationships between organisms

• The sequence of events that occurs during photosynthesis

• A way to show how animals interact with nonliving parts of the environment

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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The first organism in a food chain is ALWAYS a:

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

• Any of the above

How much energy is transferred between trophic levels?

• 25%

• 20%

• 10%

• 90%

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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In what type of relationship do both organisms benefit from the relationship?

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Predation

What is evaporation?

• The change of solid water (ice) into liquid water

• The change of liquid water into water vapor

• The change of water vapor into liquid water

• The falling of liquid water from the atmosphere

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Which level of ecological organization is concerned with both the biotic and abiotic components of an environment?

• Community

• Population

• Ecosystem

• Biosphere

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