Ecology Part One

The correct order of classification from the BROADEST group to the most narrow is:

• Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom
• Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Family, Order, Genus, Species
• Kingdom, Family, Order, Phylum, Class, Genus, Species
• Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

Use the dichotomous key above to classify the unknown organism in the picture

• Kentuckyus
• Californius
• WalaWala
• Beverlus

A dichotomous key for trees is provided. Hikers found a tree that has large brown cones and single sharp needles. What species of tree have the hikers found?

• Juniper
• Pine
• Spruce
• Fir

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A dichotomous key for insects is given. To what order does an insect with two pairs of scaly wings belong?

• Coleoptera
• Heteroptera
• Diptera
• Lepidoptera

A student discovers an arachnid with a segmented abdomen, long legs, and a tail with no stinger.

The student uses the dichotomous key below to identify it.

1. a) Abdomen segmented.............go to 2

b) Abdomen not segmented ......go to 4

2. a) Abdomen with tail....................go to 3

b) Abdomen without tail...............go to 5

3. a) Tail with stinger..........................Scorpion

b) Tail without stinger.....................Whip scorpion

4. a) Legs longer than body.............Daddy Long Legs

b) Legs not longer than body……….Wind scorpion

5. a) Covered with spines .......................Mite

b) Few spines.....................................Tick

• Whip Scorpion

• Daddy Long Legs

• Mite

• Tick

The place where an animal lives and gets what it needs to

survive is called_______.

• A community

• A Habitat

• An environment

• A niche

An ecosystem thrives with biotic and abiotic components. An example of an abiotic part of an ecosystem is ______________.

• Bacteria

• Fungus

• Water

• Decaying plants

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Water, soil, minerals, nitrogen and energy are all essential ______ components of an ecosystem.

• abiotic

• Materials

• Biotic

• Environmental

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Any living thing is called a.................

• ecosystem

• community

• population

• organism

A change in a characteristic of a living thing that allows it to survive in its environment is called _____________.

• an adaptation

• an ecosystem

• migration

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4