Ecology and Ecosystem Quiz

Anika and Liam are observing a pond. They notice frogs, fish, and plants living together. The simplest grouping of these different organisms in the biosphere is a..

• Community

• Population

• Species

• Ecosystem

Which ecological inquiry method is Anika using when she enters a forest periodically to count the population number of a certain bird species?

• Observing

• Modeling

• Experimenting

• Predicting

Abigail and Daniel are studying how different animals and plants interact with each other and their surroundings in a forest. The branch of biology dealing with these interactions is called..

• Ecology

• Biology

• Zoology

• Botany

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In a science class, Aria asked, "What is the combined portions of earth called in which all living things exist?"

• Biosphere

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Habitat

Zoe and Luna are studying the number of deer that live in the forest near their town. All of the deer in that forest are called a..

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Species

What are the three basic methods in ecological inquiry used by ecologists to study the living world?

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Michael and his classmates are studying different regions of the world. They learn that a group of ecosystems that have the same climate and dominant communities is called a..

• Biome

• Biosphere

• Community

• Habitat

Evelyn is studying a pond ecosystem and observes that the algae at the beginning of the food chain are..

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• Herbivores

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In a biology class, Liam learned about an organism that uses energy to produce its own food supply from inorganic compounds. This type of organism is called a..

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

• Decomposer

• Consumer

What is significant about chemosynthetic bacteria?

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