Plants & Ecology Pre Assessment

Green plants are

• producers
• consumers
• herbivores
• omnivores

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the original source of almost all energy in most ecosystems?

• carbohydrates
• sunlight
• water
• carbon

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is an ecological model of the relationships that form a network of complex interactions among organisms in a community from producers to decomposers?

• food web
• an ecosystem
• food chain
• a population

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit

• competition
• Mutualism
• nitrogen fixation
• energy pyramid

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A living relationship between two species in which one organism is harmed is called...

• mutualism
• commensalism
• parasitism
• niche

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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. 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

relationship in which two species live closely together

• resource
• mutualism
• succession
• symbiosis

Millions of acres of tropical rain forest are being destroyed each year. Which change would most likely occur over time if the burning and clearing of these forests were stopped?  

•  an increase in the amount of atmospheric pollution produced 
• a decrease in the source of new medicines 
•  an increase in the amount of oxygen released into the atmosphere
•  a decrease in the number of species

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Water temperature would be an example of ...

• A biotic factor
• An abiotic factor

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Water temperature would be an example of ...

• A biotic factor
• An abiotic factor

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4