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What does every living thing in an ecosystem need for survival?

• Animals

• Plants

• Water

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What is the place where a member of a population lives and finds food?

• space

• habitat

• niche

What best describes the reaction of a new population to getting more space in the area it lives in?

• The population will die.

• The population will stay the same.

• The population will get larger.

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Prairie dogs live underground as their shelter. What will happen to them if the tunnels they live in get dug up and destroyed?

• The prairie dogs will be exposed to predators that will eat them.

• The prairie dogs will learn to live in trees and bushes instead of underground.

• The prairie dogs will be burned by the sun and die.

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There are 10 fish in a 5 gallon aquarium. The pet store owner adds 10 more fish to the tank. What will probably happen to the fish in the tank?

• They will be just fine even though they have less space to swim in.

• They will suffer and might get sick and die because they need more space to live in.

• They will suffer because the water will get warmer.

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In a food chain, food web, or energy pyramid how does the energy flow through the ecosystem. Describe this using producer, consumers, and decomposers. You may use primary, secondary, tertiary, autotroph, and hetotroph.

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The diagram below shows the territories for various populations in the same ecosystem. Use the diagram to answer question #1. Which territory would support the largest population of organisms?

• W

• X

• Y

• Z

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Which is the best example of parasitism?

• a flea sucking on the blood of a dog

• a fox eating a rabbit

• a flowering plant pollinated by a butterfly

• a clownfish living inside a sea anemone

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A diagram of the carbon cycle is shown below. Use the diagram below to answer the question. Which of the following best explains how the cycling of carbon is connected to the energy flow within an ecosystem?

• The cow releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere through the process of cellular respiration.

• The tree releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere through the process of cellular respiration.

• The tree absorbs carbon dioxide through the

  process of photosynthesis.

• The cow absorbs carbon dioxide through the process of photosynthesis.

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The chart below shows the human population and the fox population in an area. Use the chart to answer this question. Which best explains the relationship between the human and fox populations in the ecosystem?

• Humans compete for the same space as foxes, causing the fox population to decrease.

• Humans compete for the same prey as foxes, causing the fox population to decrease.

• Humans are affected by the same diseases as foxes, causing both populations to change in the same way.

• Human populations and fox populations are not interconnected.

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