Ecology Test

What is a nurdle?

• A hotspot in the ocean that collects trash.
• A noodle's cousin
• A type of recycling process.
• A very small pellet that is used to make a plastic product.

An animal that primarily consumes other animals is known as a....

• Omnivore

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

What do you call an organism that consumes both meat and vegetation?

• Omnivore

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

A consumer that eats only plants is called a ....

• Omnivore
• Herbivore
• Carnivore

What is a gyre?

• A small pellet that is use to make plastic products
• A place in the ocean with a circular current that trash collects in.
• Another word for food chain
• Another word for biome

An animal is a producer and a plant is a consumer.

• True

• False

Is it correct to say that a biome is equivalent to an ecosystem?

• Yes

• No

Decomposers obtain their energy by consuming dead organic matter. Can decomposers be classified as fungi or bacteria?

• True

• False

This is a negative interaction that occurs among organisms whenever two or more organisms require the same limited resource.

• Predation
• Biome
• Competition
• Symbiosis

What type of ecosystems are found on land?

• Terrestrial

• Aquatic

• Marine

• Desert