Ecology Unit Review 24-25

Sort the factors into the categories

Groups:

(a) Abiotic Factors

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(b) Biotic Factors

• fish

• temperature
• insects
• microorganisms
• fungi
• birds
• soil
• bacteria
• plants
• sunlight
• pH
• minerals
• animals
• air
• water

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What is the main source of energy for producers in most ecosystems?

• Soil

• Wind

• Sunlight

• Carbon dioxide

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A ​ (a)   is an organism that eats other organisms for energy.

A ​ (b)   is an organism that makes energy from the sunlight.

• heterotroph
• autotroph

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

• Organism → Population → Community → Ecosystem → Biome → Biosphere

• Population → Organism → Community → Biome → Ecosystem → Biosphere

• Organism → Community → Population → Ecosystem → Biosphere → Biome

• Organism → Ecosystem → Population → Community → Biome → Biosphere

Place the resources into the category they best describe.

Groups:

(a) Renewable

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(b) Nonrenewable

• hydropower
• nuclear
• solar

• biomass

• oil
• natural gas
• coal
• wind
• geothermal

Match the example with the type of symbiotic relationship it describes.

• predation

• Barnacles on a whale

• mutualism

• Bees pollinating flowers

• commensal

• A wolf eating a rabbit

• parasitism

• Deer and rabbit both eat grass

• competition

• A tick feeding on a dog

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In a food web, what is the impact on primary consumers if the population of producers is significantly reduced?

• They will thrive

• They will struggle to find food

• No impact

• They will become producers

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Place the limiting factors into the correct category.

Groups:

(a) density dependent

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(b) density independent

• sunlight
• disease
• climate change
• weather

• human activities
• predation
• temperature
• habitat space
• food availability
• parasitism
• pollution
• competition
• natural disasters

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What happens to energy as it moves up the trophic levels?

• Increases by 10%

• Stays the same

• Decreases by 10%

• Disappears

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A ​ (a)   is best described as the role an organism plays in its environment.

A ​ (b)   is best described as the place an organism lives.

• niche
• habitat