Marine Ecology Study Guide

The first organisms in a food chain

• sun

• primary consumers

• producers

• secondary consumers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Herbivores are also known as?

• Producers

• Secondary consumers

• Primary consumers

• Tertiary consumers

Animals that feed directly on herbivores.

• producers

• secondary consumers

• primary consumers

• tertiary consumers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The 5th trophic level is called a _______ consumer.

• primary
• secondary

• tertiary

• quaternary

Living factors in an ecosystem

• sun

• biotic

• abiotic

• inorganic

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Clownfish and Anemone

• mutualism

• parasitism

• commensalism

• primary consumer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Amount of energy transferred from one trophic level to the next.

• 10%

• 33%

• 25%

• 50%

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which organism has the lowest amount of stored energy?

• producers

• secondary consumers

• primary consumers

• tertiary consumers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Whale and Barnacle

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Predator-prey

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

What is the most common form of population distribution?

• Uniform

• Clumping

• Random

• Extinct