Ecology and Biomes

About how long does it take for climate change?

• 100s of years

• 1 year

• 50 years

• 30 years

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Which organism is the base of the food chain and supports the whole ecosystem?

• Producer

• Consumer

• Heterotrophs

• Carnivore

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Plants can grow all year round in which biome because they receive large amounts of precipitation?

• Tropical Rainforest

• Taiga

• Tundra

• Savanna

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

What is the role of a producer in an ecosystem?

• as a primary consumer

• a consumer who only eats plants

• to use energy from the sun to make food

• a consumer who only eats animals

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

In a food web, the arrow depicts what information?

• direction of energy flow or energy transfer from one organism to the other

• what food each organism eats

• how every organism moves in their ecosystem

• direction of glucose in tissues glows

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is a habitat?

• to use energy from the sun to make food

• where the organism lives (gets water, food, shelter, space)

• number of organisms that the ecosystem can support and all their needs will be met

• the role the organism plays within their environment (producer, consumer)

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

This biome is characterized by humid, wet weather, near the equator and very biodiverse.

• Tropical Rainforest

• Temperate Rainforest

• Desert

• Tundra

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A large ecosystem is called a ______

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

• Biome

• Niche

Which Biome has permafrost?

• Temperate Forest

• Rainforest

• Taiga

• Tundra

Which biome has deciduous trees (which lose their leaves)?

• Temperate Forest

• Rainforest

• Grasslands

• Taiga