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ECOLOGY VERSION
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What is another name given to producers?
A. Autotrophs
What is the term for organisms interaction with each other and their environment?
C. Ecosystem
What two factors are considered biotic?
B. Bacteria and fungi
Which of the following lists are examples of ABIOTIC factors?
A. Sun, Soil, Water
What would happen if producers were removed from their ecosystem?
A. They would have no great effect.
C. Other populations would increase
B. It would have a great impact, but the other species would adapt
D.It would have a great impact and the rest of the species would suffer
D. It would have a great impact and other species would suffer
What is the difference between a food chain and food web?
C. Food chain consists of a single chain.
Food web is a complex feeding network.
B. Food chain is a complex feeding network. Food web consists of single chain.
D. One shows trophic levels and the other does not.
C. Food chain consists of a single chain.
Food web is a complex feeding network.
Why are decomposers important for an ecosystem?
C. They capture energy from the sun .
B. They return nutrients to the environment.
B. They return nutrients to the environment.
The water and carbon cycle are similar in that
A. They directly depend on photosynthesis
D. They both take place mostly under ground
C. They both recycle matter
What process allows carbon dioxide to enter the living parts of the ecosystem?
D. Photosynthesis
What happens when a population reaches carrying capacity?
B. Population begins to stabilize
D. Population has unlimited resources
B. population begins to stabilize
Each level in the food chain contains less energy than one before because some energy
B. is consumed by carnivores
D. incorporated into biomass
A. is lost as heat
What is the process used by autotrophs to make their own sources of energy?
B. Photosynthesis
What are the trophic levels shown in energy, biomass, and number pyramids?
A. Biome, ecosystem, community, population
C. primary, secondary, tertiary consumers
B. photosynthesis and chemosynthesis
D. bacteria, fungus, consumers
C. Primary, secondary, tertiary consumers
Which illustration shows the total calories
Available in the ecosystem?
D. Energy pyramid
What is the study of organisms and their interactions with the environment?
