Ecology Food Chain/Web Quiz

An organism that makes its own food is called a

• consumer

• producer

• heterotroph

• chloroplast

A food chain contains oak trees (producer), mice (herbivore), black rat snakes (carnivore), and bald eagles (carnivore). How many trophic levels does this food chain have?

• one

• two

• three

• four

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The group of animals in Figure 2-6 is an example of what?

• community

• ecosystem

• population

• biosphere

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

• sunlight

• stream

• tree

• rock

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What do all the biotic and abiotic factors in a given area make up?

• a habitat

• a community

• an ecosystem

• a population

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Refer to the illustration above. Because the two species of barnacles attempt to use the same resources, they are

• parasites.

• competitors.

• mutualistic.

• symbiotic.

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Which of the following parts of Figure 13.2 are biotic factors?

• soil, mushroom, tree

• soil, sunlight, river

• deer, mushroom, tree

• sunlight, river, deer

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Wind is considered to be an abiotic factor because it

• is not related to biodiversity.

• is a nonliving thing.

• is in equilibrium.

• is not in any ecosystem.

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A moose is considered to be a consumer because it

• gets energy by eating other resources.

• makes its own food.

• forms carbohydrates using chemicals.

• uses sunlight for energy.

Which of the following can be both primary and secondary consumers?

• herbivores

• carnivores

• omnivores

• detritivores

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