Ecology High School Tiling

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

• carbohydrates
• sunlight
• water
• carbon

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An organism that produces its own food supply from inorganic compounds is called a(an)

• heterotroph
• consumer
• detritivore
• autotroph

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

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What is the term for each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a biological community?

• energy path
• food web
• trophic level
• food pyramid

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What percentage of energy passes to the next trophic level ____?

• 10%

• 1%

• 100%

• 90%

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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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What is a Diagram that shows the energy available at each trophic level ?

• succession 
• cellular respiration
• energy pyramid
• biochemical cycle

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The diagram below shows the cycling of nutrients in an ecosystem.
The removal of which of the following groups would cause an immediate decrease in the amount of energy flowing through the system?

• Producers
• Consumers
• Decomposers
• Inorganic nutrients

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Which organism converts nitrogen gas into a usable form?

• Plants

• Bacteria

• Cows

• Bees

Algal blooms are caused by runoff containing excessive amounts of

• nitrogen

• oxygen

• phosphorus

• water

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