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- 1. Multiple Choice
The diagram below shows the cycling of nutrients in an ecosystem.
The removal of which of the following groups would cause an immediate decrease in the amount of energy flowing through the system?ProducersConsumersDecomposersInorganic nutrients - 2. Multiple ChoiceGreen plants areproducersconsumersherbivoresomnivores
- 3. Multiple ChoiceAn organism that produces its own food supply from inorganic compounds is called a(an)heterotrophconsumerdetritivoreautotroph
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat is an ecological model of the relationships that form a network of complex interactions among organisms in a community from producers to decomposers?food weban ecosystemfood chaina population
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the term for each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a biological community?energy pathfood webtrophic levelfood pyramid
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe energy at each trophic level in the pryamid of energy decreases by a factor of ____.1011002
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat does a food web represent?All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.A single pathway or energy flow between organisms.How carnivores get their food.
- 8. Multiple Choicediagram that shows the energy available to each trophic level in an ecosystem; 10% is passed on to upper levels, the rest is lost as heatsuccessioncellular respirationenergy pyramidbiochemical cycle
- 9. Multiple Choicea relationship between two in which one species, the predator, feeds on the other species, the preychemosynthesispredationcellular respirationcommensalism
- 10. Multiple ChoiceStudy of interactions between organisms and their environmentnichecommunityecologyecosystem
- 11. Multiple ChoiceMembers of a species in a defined areaEcosystemcommunitybiodiversitypopulation
- 12. Multiple ChoiceNon-living factor that affects an ecosystembiotic factorabiotic factorfood chainbiome
- 13. Multiple ChoiceOrganisms that breaks down and absorbs nutrients from dead organismsconsumertrophic leveldecomposerspecies
- 14. Multiple ChoiceA food chain is illustrated below:
The arrows represented most likely indicateA. Energy released from metabolism into the environment as heat.B. Oxygen released from metabolism produced by cellular respiration.C. The absorption of energy from the environment that has been created.D. The transport of glucose away from the organism through photosynthesis. - 15. Multiple ChoiceAn organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:AutotrophProducerConsumerMutualist
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat does every food chain start with? (Even if it's not drawn or written there!)producerssunconsumerdecomposers
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat does a food web represent?All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.A single pathway or energy flow between organisms.How carnivores get their food.
- 18. Multiple ChoiceIn this Food Web Pyramid Which type of consumer gets only 10% of the energy stored in plants?HerbivoreCarnivoreOmnivoreSecondary Consumer
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the term for each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a biological community?energy pathfood webtrophic levelfood pyramid
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThe image provided is an example of a(n):CarnivoreHerbivoreProducerAutotroph
- 21. Multiple ChoiceThe amount of energy that usually transfers from one trophic level to the next...10%20%80%50%
- 22. Multiple ChoiceAn illustration that uses arrows to show the MANY possible directions in which matter and energy can pass through the organisms in an ecosystem.Food chainFood webEnergy PyramidSuccession Map
- 23. Multiple ChoiceA group of organisms that share distinct characteristics and that are capable of reproducing.familyfriendsclassificationspecies
- 24. Multiple ChoiceA group of the same species of organisms living in a specific location or habitat.populationgroupspeciesfamily
- 25. Multiple ChoiceThe movement of energy through a system through producers and consumers.Energy flowwebenergy webmatter flow
- 26. Multiple ChoiceAn organism that must eat other organisms to obtain energy.consumerproducerdecomposercarnivore
- 27. Multiple ChoiceThe interactions between organisms living in a specific area and their environment.ecosystembiomehabitathome
- 28. Multiple ChoiceAn individual belonging to a specific speciesBioticCommunityOrganismReptile
- 29. Multiple ChoiceAll of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other are called a/an ______.communityhabitatpopulationecosystem
- 30. Multiple ChoiceAn area where an organism finds food, shelter and water in a specific arrangementnichebiospherebiomehabitat
- 31. Multiple ChoiceThe living part of an ecosystemBioticAbioticMother EarthFlowers
- 32. Multiple ChoiceThe study of how living things interact with one another and with their environment.BiologyLithologyEcologyFarmacology
- 33. Multiple ChoiceOrganisms that look similar and can produce fertile offspringSpeciesFishCommunityTrees
- 34. Multiple ChoiceTwo or more members of a particular species living and interacting in the same areaCommunityPopulationOrganismsBiosphere
- 35. Multiple ChoiceDifferent populations living and interacting with each other in the same areaBiomeEcosystemCommunityNiche
- 36. Multiple ChoiceThe area between the highest mountain and the deepest ocean where life can be foundBiosphereBiomeFarmEcosystem
- 37. Multiple Choiceall the populations of different species living in the same are at the same timecommunitypopulationspeciesconsumers
- 38. Multiple Choiceall the organisms of the same species that live in the same area at the same timepopulationcommunityecosystemconsumer
- 39. Multiple Choiceorganisms that get their energy by eating other consumercarnivoreherbivoreomnivoredetrivore
- 40. Multiple Choiceorganism capable of making their own food (plant and bacteria)heterotrophautotrophprimary consumercarnivore
- 41. Multiple Choicefeeds only on plantscarnivoreherbivoreomnivoredetrivore
- 42. Multiple Choicefeeds on dead plants and animalscarnivoreomnivoredetrivoreherbivore
- 43. Multiple Choicemodel of energy transfer showing how the food chains in a community that are interconnectedfood webfood chainenergy pyramidhabitat
- 44. Multiple Choicegets its energy by obtaining other organisms for foodconsumerproducerherbivoredetrivore
- 45. Multiple Choicethe top trophic level on the energy pyramidsecondary consumerproducerprimary consumertertiary consumer
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