Living Environment Ecology

What is a species?

• Different animals that compete for the same resources

• A group of similar organisms that can reproduce with each other

• A group of organisms that live together

• A group of organisms that are physically and functionally very different from each other

Which of the following is an example of a living thing?

• A bacterium

• A shell

• Water

• Sweat

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What type of organism can make its own food?

• A producer (an autotroph)

• A consumer (a heterotroph)

• A decomposer

• All of the above

Organisms that can make their own food do so by the process of:

• decomposition

• respiration

• photosynthesis

• scavenging

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What type of consumer eats plants?

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

• Carnivore

• Both herbivore and omnivore

The first organism in a food chain is ALWAYS a:

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

• Any of the above

How much energy is transferred between trophic levels?

• 25%

• 20%

• 10%

• 90%

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What is a niche?

• The habitat that an organism lives in

• An organism’s “role” in an ecosystem

• A type of consumer

• The relationship between a producer and consumer

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In what type of relationship do both organisms benefit from the relationship?

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Predation

Which statement best describes how water cycles in the environment?

• Water only cycles from plants to animals

• Water only cycles between plants and the soil

• Water only cycles between animals and the hydrosphere

• Water cycles between living things and the nonliving parts of Earth

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