Ecology Basics

Organisms that have limited tolerance and can only withstand small changes in their environments.

• specialist

• generalist

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Organisms that adapt easily to changes in their niche due to large ranges of tolerance.

• specialist

• generalist

All plants and animals in Columbia, SC.

• population

• individual

• community

• ecosystem

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Climate

• biotic factor

• abiotic factor

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Nonliving things

• biotic factors

• abiotic factors

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Which ecosystem is water based?

• Deep forest

• Lakeside

• Desert

• Open field

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the ecological term for a group of different types of organisms that live together and interact with each other?

• Community

• Domain

• Ecosystem

• Population

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Which level(s) of ecological complexity involve(s) biotic factors but not abiotic factors?

• I only

• II only

• I and II only

• I and III only

Hummingbirds eat flower nectar and small insects. To which nutritional group do they belong?

• Autotrophs

• Consumers

• Detritivores

• Saprotrophs

Which organism can best be described as a saprotroph?

• A fungus that digests its food externally and absorbs the products of digestion

• A beetle that feeds by ingesting the dung of other animal species and digesting its food internally

• A single-celled eukaryote that is able to photosynthesize and consumes smaller organisms by endocytosis

• A giraffe that feeds by ingesting leaves from an acacia tree