Invasive Species, Symbiosis, Abiotic, Biotic, Food Webs, etc.

What is an invasive species?

• A species that is new to an environment

• Any non-native species that grows in its new environment

• A non-native species that is causing environmental or ecological harm in its new environment

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What type of interaction occurs between the tick and the dog?

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Competition

• Mutualism

The remora fish does not affect the shark, but the remora benefits. What type of relationship is this?

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Predation

What abiotic factors can be found in a tundra biome?

• Little water, low temperature, and frozen soil

• Small shrubs, large, woody trees, and sandy soil

• Moose, foxes, and hares

• Small shrubs, moose, and hares

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Which level of the energy pyramid has the most energy?

• producers

• primary consumers

• secondary consumers

• tertiary consumers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A bee gains nectar and a flower gets help with pollination. What type of ecological relationship exists between a bee and a flower?

• competition

• cooperation

• mutualism

• parasitism

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In the ecosystem represented by the food web, which is an example of competition?

• The hawk and the rabbit

• The grass and the mouse

• The owl and the fox

• The grasshopper and the bird

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Which examples represent biotic elements of the temperate deciduous forest?

• seasons

• rainfall and rocks

• bears and owls

• temperature and foxes

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Using the energy pyramid, how does the energy change as it moves up the energy pyramid?

• more is available at higher levels and you multiply by 10 each tine you move up a level

• less is available at higher levels and you divide by 10 each time you move up a level

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What is the correct amount of energy for the bottom level of the energy pyramid?

• 100 kcal

• 10,000 kcal

• 10 kcal

• 1 kcal

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