Natural Selection and Ecology Test

Which of the following is NOT a type of adaptation?

• Behavioral

• Physiological

• Psychological

• Structural

What is the correct order of ecological organization from smallest to largest?

• Organism, Population, Community, Ecosystem, Biome

• Population, Organism, Community, Biome, Ecosystem

• Organism, Community, Population, Ecosystem, Biome

• Community, Population, Organism, Biome, Ecosystem

In an energy pyramid, approximately how much energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next?

• 1%

• 10%

• 50%

• 90%

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following is NOT a producer in an ecosystem?

• Grass

• Trees

• Bacteria

• Flowers

What is the term for a long-term partnership between members of different species?

• Predation

• Competition

• Symbiosis

• Adaptation

In a parasitic relationship, how do the two species benefit or suffer?

• Both species benefit

• One species benefits, one is harmed

• One species benefits, one is unaffected

• Both species are harmed

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Which of the following is an example of a mutualistic relationship?

• Tapeworms in a human intestine

• Barnacles on a whale

• Cleaner fish and larger fish

• Mistletoe on a tree

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

8. What type of symbiotic relationship exists between barnacles and whales?

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Predation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

In a food web, what do decomposers primarily feed on?

• Living plants

• Herbivores

• Dead organic matter

• Carnivores

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following is NOT a factor in an ecosystem?

• Sunlight

• Temperature

• Electricity

• Soil