Quiz about Ecology Review

Question 1

Living parts of the environment

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Biotic

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Abiotic

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Carnivore

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Herbivore

Question 2

Which of the following describes soil and temperature in an ecosystem?

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abiotic factors

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biotic factors

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unnecessary factors

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selection factors

Question 3

An ecosystem consists of

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All of the choices are correct.

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a community of organisms.

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energy.

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the soil, water, and weather.

Question 4

A living or once-living organisms in an ecosystem is a

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biotic factor

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population

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abiotic factor

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community

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a biotic factor?

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air

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mushroom

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elephant

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coyote

Question 6

Is a deer an abiotic or biotic factor?

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biotic

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abiotic

Question 7

Is a fern an abiotic or biotic factor?

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biotic

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abiotic

Question 8

Is a weather an abiotic or biotic factor?

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abiotic

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biotic

Question 9

Is sunlight an abiotic or biotic factor?

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abiotic

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biotic

Question 10

Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all  _____  parts of the environment

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abiotic

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alive

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biotic

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living

Question 11

A system made up of organisms interacting with one another

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ecosystem

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biology

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abiotic

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biotic

Question 12

A living or once-living organisms in an ecosystem is a

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biotic factor

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population

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abiotic factor

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community

Question 13

Bio means _________.

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living

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life

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non-living

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not/without

Question 14

The place an organism lives within an ecosystem

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habitat

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ecosystem

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community

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niche

Question 15

An organism that helps to recycle nutrients within an ecosystem by eating dead or decaying organisms is a:

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Decomposer

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Predator

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Autotroph

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Producer

Question 16

The arrows in a food chain or web represents what?

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They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms.

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They point to the organism that is being eaten.

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It shows how sunlight flows within an ecosystem.

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They represent how water is transferred within a habitat.

Question 17

Why are plants called producers?

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They make their own food

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They make carbon dioxide

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They decompose

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They are omnivores

Question 18

What is the process in which plants use sunlight to create energy?

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Photosynthesis

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Photography

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Pennsylvania

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Cholorophyll

Question 19

Living things that eat other living things are called...

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Consumers

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Carnivores

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Omnivores

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Animals

Question 20

What do herbivores eat?

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Only plants

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plants and animals

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only other animals

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dead organisms

Question 21

What do carnivores eat?

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only other animals

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only plants

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plants and animals

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dead organisms

Question 22

What do omnivores eat?

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plants and animals

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only plants

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only other animals

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dead organisms

Question 23

Which of the following is NOT an example of a decomposer

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hawk

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fungi

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bacteria

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insects

Question 24

What do all food chains start with?

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Producers

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Consumers

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Omnivores

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Herbivores

Question 25

Which is an example of a producer?

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Option A is correct

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B.

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C.

Question 26

A decomposer?

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Eats dead plants or animals and breaks down to put nutrients in the soil

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Eats plants or other animals for food

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Makes its own food

Question 27

What is an example of decomposer?

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Option C is correct

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A.

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B.

Question 28

Fungi. Is it a...

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Decomposer

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Producer

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Consumer

Question 29

Bamboo is a

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producer

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consumer

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decomposer

Question 30

What is ecology?

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The study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment

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The study of how extinct organisms survived on earth

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The study of how molecules function inside living organisms

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The study of how organ systems function together to maintain life

Question 31

An animal that feeds on the remains or wastes of other animals

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scavenger

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omnivore

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carnivore

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prey

Question 32

A habitat is ___________________.

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the place or kind of place in which an animal or plant naturally lives.

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is how plants produce their own food.

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is an animal that only eats meat.

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the place where only one animal lives.

Question 33

A niche ________________.

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All of the above.

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is the function that an organism performs in the food web of that community.

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includes everything else the organism does and needs in its environment.

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is specific to each individual animal and plant.

Question 34

A squirrels niche would be _________________.

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staying busy storing nuts and seeds for winter.

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hunting prey and providing meat for other squirrels.

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searching for fish to eat in the ocean.

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help decompose other animals and plants.

Question 35

A squirrels habitat would be _____________.

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Forest

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Ocean

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Arctic

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Dessert

Question 36

A whale's niche would be which of the following?

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eating plankton and krill.

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eating sharks and dolphins.

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eating hamburgers and fries.

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eating other whales.

Question 37

What is a Niche of a honeybee?

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Pollenating Flowers

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A Honeycomb

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Eating other insects.

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Swimming.

Question 38

What is shown in the image?

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Niche

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Habitat

Question 39

What is shown in the image?

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Habitat

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Niche

Question 40

A community of organisms and their abiotic environment.

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Ecosystem

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Environment

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Biosphere

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Community

Question 41

A collection of organisms that belong to different populations but all live in the same area and interact with one another.

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Community

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Population

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Ecosystem

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Ecosphere

Question 42

Which of the following is NOT a level of organization in ecosystems?

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species

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community

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population

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organism

Question 43

Coyote, sand, 102 degrees, cactus, and snake.

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ecosystem

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biomes

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niche

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community

Question 44

Which choice shows the correct order of the levels of environmental organization?

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organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere

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organism, population, ecosystem, biosphere, community

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organism, community, population, ecosystem, biosphere

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population, ecosystem, biosphere, organism, community

Question 45

An individual is a single _______________ of a particular species. One single zebra is an example.

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Organism

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Population

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Ecosystem

Question 46

All the individuals of one species in a given area is called a ______________. A herd of zebras would be an example.

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Population

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Community

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Non-living

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Organism

Question 47

The total sum of all the populations of living things within an area that interact with one another is called_________. Zebra, elephants, and giraffes would be an example

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Community

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Biosphere

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Population

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Organism

Question 48

What converts nitrogen into a useable form for plants and animals?

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bacteria

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fungi

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rain

Question 49

How do living organisms return carbon to the atmosphere in the carbon cycle?

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decomposition after death and excretion

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respiration and photosynthesis

Question 50

When a population grows past the ecosystem's carrying capacity, what happens to the population?

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The population starts to die off to return to carrying capcity

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Continues to grow

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The population will go extinct due to lack of resources

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The population grows then finds a new carrying capacity

Question 51

If a disease destroying barley plants in a field swept through an ecosystem, what would happen to the barley eating bird population in the the field ?

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The bird population would decrease

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The bird population would stay the same

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The bird population would infinitely increase

Question 52

Which of the following would INCREASE the carrying capacity of an ecosystem?

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increase in available food

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increase in predators

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disease

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drought

Question 53

Food, water, sunlight, air, soil are resources that are often __________.

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limiting factors

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wet

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carrying capacity

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found in rocks

Question 54

If the population of a certain predator increases, there is often _______ its prey

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a decrease the population of

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an increase of the population of

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great news for its prey of

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no  impact found on

Question 55

What is an example of a limiting factor

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all of the above

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food

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water

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shelter

Question 56

The largest number of individuals that an area can support is called its _______.

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carrying capacity

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limiting factor

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abiotic factor

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resource availability

Question 57

In a forest ecosystem, which of the following is NOT an example of a limiting factor that would greatly affect a rabbit population?

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a rainy season

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a disease that causes rabbits to die

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grass available to eat

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the population of hawks that eat rabbits

Question 58

The reason that organisms cannot produce populations of unlimited size is that

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The resources of Earth are limited.

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Populations always stay exactly the same.

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There is no carrying capacity for the whole Earth.

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Species rarely compete with each other for food.

Question 59

In which type of symbiotic relationship do both species benefit?

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Mutualism

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Commensalism

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Parasitism

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Predation

Question 60

In which type of symbiotic relationship does one species benefit while the other species is unaffected?

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Commensalism

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Parasitism

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Mutualism

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Predation

Question 61

In which type of symbiotic relationship does one species benefit while the other species is harmed?

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Parasitism

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Commensalism

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Mutualism

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Predation

Question 62

In which type of symbiotic relationship does the predator eat it's prey?

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Predation

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Commensalism

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Parasitism

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Mutualism

Question 63

A certain species of bird follows cows through a pasture and eats insects that cows stir up. The cows are not affected. Which type of symbiotic relationship is described?

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Commensalism

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Parasitism

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Mutualism

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Predation

Question 64

A shrimp is warned of danger by a fish and the fish gets a home dug by the shrimp. Which type of symbiotic relationship is this?

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Mutualism

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Commensalism

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Parasitism

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Predation

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