Ecology Unit Exam #2

An organism that makes its own food, like a plant.

• decomposer

• producer

• secondary

• dependent

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A thing that eats other organisms.

• food chain

• producer

• decomposer

• consumer

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A group of the same type of organisms living in the same place at the same time.

• house

• goup

• population

• community

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In this photo, what is an abiotic factor?

• Deer

• Grass

• rain

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All of the following are characteristics for living things except

• They have organs

• They are organized

• They reproduce

• They respond to their enviornment

Unlike Abiotic factors like (a)   , biotic factors are ​ (b)   like ​ (c)  

• Soil
• Living
• Worms
• Non-living

In the ecological pyramid on the right, which of the following best describes the top consumer population?

• A. The top consumer population receives the most amount of energy and therefore is the largest population

• B. The top consumer population receives the least amount of energy and therefore is the largest population

• C. The top consumer population receives the least amount of energy and therefore is the smallest population

• D. The top consumer population receives the most amount of energy and therefore is the smallest population

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All of the places of the planet where life can be found- including on the earth's surface, the water, and in the air

• Biome

• Biosphere

• Ecosystem

• Community

Match the organism with the correct energy percentage available at that organism's trophic level.

• 100%

• grasses and blackberries

• 0.1%

• eagle

• 10%

• rabbits

• 1%

• corn snakes

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Does increasing Greenhouse gases increase global temperatures?

Write your claim

Explain your reasoning

Use the model to support your claim.

(identify greenhouse gases, what they do with heat and your rationale)

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