Ecology Test

Jackson is exploring a forest and comes across a living thing he has never seen before. Any kind of individual living thing, like the one Jackson found, is known as a(n) what?

• organism

• creature

• specimen

A frog lives in a swamp. It has water for tadpoles, mud and lily pads for protection, and bugs for food. The swamp would be considered the frog's _______.

• nest

• environment

• habitat

Separate the following into biotic and abiotic factors

Groups:

(a) Biotic

,

(b) Abiotic

• Humidity

• Flower

• Water

• Dog

• Butterfly

• Temperature

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Order the following in order from the simplest to the most complex. 1 would be the simplest, 4 would be the most complex.

• Population

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Organism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Oliver is setting up an aquarium and notices that the number of fish he can keep depends on the amount of water, food, and shelter available. Water, food, and shelter in this aquarium are examples of what?

• environmental resources

• biological necessities

• limiting factors

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Label the trophic levels of the energy pyramid:

a

b

c

d

Producers

Third Level Consumer

Secondary Consumers

Primary Consumers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A ​ (a)   is the simplest representation of an ecosystem because it only shows one group of animals together. A ​ (b)   is more realistic because it shows what every single animal eats within the ecosystem.

• food chain
• food web

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Jackson, Nora, and Mason observe a forest where animals, plants, and microorganisms live together and interact with sunlight, water, and soil. All of the communities living together and interacting with the nonliving factors in this forest is known as an ________.

• habitat

• community

• ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Emma is studying how energy moves through a food chain in her biology class. She learns that only a certain percentage of energy gets passed on from one trophic level to another. What percentage of energy gets passed on?

• 10%

• 25%

• 5%

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A relationship in which two organisms live closely with each other.

• Parasitism
• Symbiosis
• Mutualism