Interdependence of Organisms Review

How will you differentiate biotic from abiotic factors in ecosystems?

• Both are living things

• Both are non-living things

• Biotic are living things while Abiotic are non-living things

• Biotic are non-living things while Abiotic are living things

The following are abiotic components that may affect the population of organisms EXCEPT?

• Drought

• Typhoons

• Predators

• Earthquake

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Which is an abiotic factor that may affect the population of organisms?

• Extreme Temperature

• Food Availability

• Predators

• Prey

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An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:

• Autotroph
• Producer
• Consumer
• Mutualist

Consumer that eats plants

• heterotroph
• herbivore
• producer
• community

What does a food web represent?

• All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.
• The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
• A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 
• How carnivores get their food. 

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In this energy pyramid which type of consumer gets only 10% of the energy stored in plants?

• Herbivore
• Carnivore
• Omnivore
• Secondary Consumer

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The image provided is an example of a(n):

• Carnivore
• Herbivore
• Producer
• Autotroph

The amount of energy that usually transfers from one trophic level to the next...

• 10%
• 20%
• 80%
• 50%

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What are the Abiotic factors in this image? 

• water, sunlight, dirt, air
• birds and plants
• birds, water, dirt
• plants, water

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