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A. Autotrophs

C. Consumers

B. Herbivores

D. Carnivores

What is another name given to producers?

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A. Autotrophs

A. Population

C. Ecosystem

B. Organisms

D. Community

What is the term for organisms interaction with each other and

their environment?

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C. Ecosystem

A. Water and sunlight

C. Temperature and soil

B. Bacteria and fungi

D. wood and dirt

What two factors are considered biotic?

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B. Bacteria and fungi

A. Sun, Soil, Water

C. A deer, Tree, Rocks

B. Sun, Soil, Fungus

D. Fungus, Rocks, Soil

Which of the following lists are examples of ABIOTIC

factors?

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A. Sun, Soil, Water

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.

What would happen if producers were removed from their ecosystem?

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D. It would have a great impact and other species

would suffer

A. There is no difference.

C. Food chain consists of a single chain. Food web is a complex feeding network.

B. Food chain is a complex feeding net-work. Food web consists of single chain.

D. One shows trophic levels and the other does not.

What is the difference between a food chain and

food web?

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C. Food chain consists of a single chain. Food web is a complex feeding network.

A. They can be omnivores.

C. They capture energy from the sun.

B. They return nutrients to the environment.

D. They are producers

Why are decomposers important for an ecosystem?

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B. They return nutrients to the environment.

A. They directly depend on photosynthesis

C. They both recycle matter

B. They use fossil fuels

D. They both take place mostly under ground

The water and carbon cycle are similar in that

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C. They both recycle matter

A. Condensation

D. Photosynthesis

What process allows carbon dioxide to enter the living parts of the ecosystem?

C. Burning fossil fuels

B. Precipitation

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D. Photosynthesis

What happens when a population

reaches carrying capacity?

A. Population is unaffected

C. Population increases D. Population has unlimited

resources

B. Population begins to stabilize

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B. population begins to stabilize

A. is lost as heat

Each level in the food chain contains less energy than one before because

some energy

C. is added to the system

B. is consumed by carnivores

D. incorporated into biomass

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A. is lost as heat

B. Photosynthesis

What is the process used by autotrophs to make their own sources of energy?

A. cellular respiration

C. Chemosynthesis D. Chloroplast

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B. Photosynthesis

C. primary, secondary, tertiary consumers

What are the trophic levels shown in energy, biomass, and number

pyramids?

A. Biome, ecosystem, community, population

B. photosynthesis and chemosynthesis

D. bacteria, fungus, consumers

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C. Primary, secondary, tertiary consumers

D. Energy pyramid

Which illustration shows the total calories

Available in the ecosystem?

A. Pyramid of numbers

C. Food web

B. Biomass pyramid

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D. Energy pyramid

A. Ecology

What is the study of organisms and their interactions with the

environment?

B. Biology

D. Psychology C. Ecosystems

A. Ecology

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