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SOL 7.9
1. Which of the following examples
best shows a consumer-producer
relationship?
A
B
C
D
foxes eating mice
rabbits eating clover
leaves growing on trees
tapeworms living in people
2. Which term best describes the
relationship between a honeybee
and a flower?
A
B
C
D
commensalism
predation
competition
mutualism
3. Which of the following
relationships is most similar to a
predator – prey relationship?
A
B
C
D
mutualism
parasitism
commensalism
symbiosis
4. What term best describes the
relationship between a sparrow
and a mouse?
A
B
C
D
competition
predation
mutation
symbiosis
5. The organism that a parasite lives
off of and harms is called a:
A
B
C
D
host.
decomposer.
prey.
victim.
6. Which of the following organisms
is NOT a decomposer?
A
B
C
D
mold
bacterium
mushroom
blue/green algae
7. Prairie dogs warn each other
about approaching danger
(hawks, coyote, bobcat, etc.) by
jumping up and down and
barking. What is this behavior an
example of?
A
B
C
D
symbiosis
competition
mutualism
cooperation
8. Clover and grasses compete with
each other for resources. Which
set of resources listed below best
describes these resources?
A
B
C
D
fat, protein, water
light, water, space
water, protein, oxygen
fat, oxygen, nitrogen
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9. Bacteria in the roots of certain
plants return to the soil certain
nutrients that many plants use up.
What are these nutrients?
A
B
C
D
carbonates
sulfides
carbon dioxide
nitrates
12. Which of these is not a part of a
food chain?
A
B
C
D
cow
sun
grass
human
13. What is the proper order for this
food chain?
10. A lichen is made up of two
organisms living together. The
first is an algae and the other is:
A
B
C
D
a fungus.
a moss.
a fern.
a bacteria.
human  cow  grass
grass  human  cow
cow  grass  human
grass  cow  human
14. A secondary consumer in the
diagram is the:
Use the diagram to answer the next
four questions.
sun
hamburger
(beef)
cow
grass
A
B
C
D
human
A
B
C
D
cow.
grass.
human.
cow and the human.
15. None of these are food chains
except:
A
B
C
D
grass  rabbit  snake.
hawk  rabbit  grass.
fox  rabbit  grass.
grass  snake  rabbit.
11. Looking at the diagram, a
producer is the:
A
B
C
D
human.
cow.
grass.
sun.
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16. Looking at the pyramid, which
one is greatest in quantity?
Use the diagram to answer the next
three questions.
secondary
consumer
owl
primary consumer
producer
A
B
C
D
coyote
frog
rabbit
primary consumer
secondary consumer
producer
both A and B
grasshopper
grasses
17. All of the following are primary
consumers except:
A
B
C
D
grasshoppers.
birds.
rabbits.
foxes.
18. A food chain consists of the
following:
A
B
C
D
consumers.
producers.
consumers and producers.
none of the above.
19. All of the following are at the top
of the food chain except:
A
B
C
D
hawks.
foxes.
humans.
shrubs.
bacteria and
fungi in soil
20. Which organism shown in the
food web is a producer?
A
B
C
D
bacteria
owl
grass
rabbit
21. Which of the following species is
considered to be prey?
A
B
C
D
coyote
bacteria
owl
rabbit
22. All of these are predators except:
A
B
C
D
rabbit.
frog.
owl.
coyote.
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23. Which member of a food web
returns nutrients to the
environment?
A
B
C
D
producer
decomposer
predator
consumer
24. Which of the following is always a
parasite?
A
B
C
D
bacteria
fungi
green plants
viruses
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