Ecology Test Review

A symbiotic relationship resulting in one organism benefits and harms a host organism.

• Parasitism
• Commensalism

• Mutalism

• Competition

• Predation

The maximum population size that an environment can support.

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NGSS.HS-LS2-1

A living component in an ecosystem is described as this.

• Biotic
• Abiotic

Any type of organism that is an autotroph (creates its own food using sunlight).

• Producer
• Consumer

• Primary Consumer

• Secondary Consumer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Only _________% of energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The name for a factor that causes population growth to decline.

• Limiting Factor
• Population growth

Population growth in the presence of unlimited resources. On the graph, it is represented by a dramatic increase in population

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NGSS.HS-LS2-1

Population growth model that begins with rapid growth that then levels off when the carrying capacity is reached.

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NGSS.HS-LS2-1

A symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit.

A non-living component in an ecosystem is described as this.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3