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Ecology Review (For Test)

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Question 1
1.

Match the vocabulary to the definition

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Mutualism
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Relationship where both organisms benefit
Abiotic
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Relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
Commensalism
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Relationship where one organism harms another
Parasitism
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Nonliving factors in the environment like temperature and nutrients levels
Biotic
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Living factors in the environment like plants, animals, and bacteria
Question 2
2.

Match the word with the definition

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Immigration
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Amount of organisms that enter a population
Emigration
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Amount of organisms that exit a population
Carrying capacity
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The maximum number of organisms that an area can support
Question 3
3.

How do producers get energy?

Question 4
4.

What do herbivores eat?

Question 5
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What do carnivores eat?

Question 6
6.

What do scavengers eat?

Question 7
7.

What is the role of decomposers? Click two

Question 8
8.

Another term for carnivore is

Question 9
9.

Another term for herbivore is

Question 10
10.

Look at the food web below to answer the following question:

Which organism is both a primary and secondary consumer?

Question 11
11.

Look at the food web below to answer the following question:

What would happen to the hawk population if there was a decrease in grouse population?

Question 12
12.

Look at the food web below to answer the following question:

Which two organisms are in competition?

Question 13
13.

Determine how much energy is transferred to the ladybug, if plants contain 50,000 calories

Question 14
14.

Remora fish can attach themselves to larger aquatic animals, such as whales. When the whales eat, the fish detach themselves and eat leftover scraps of food. These fish do not harm or help the whales.
What is the ecological relationship between the remora fish and the whales?

Question 15
15.

Which of the following statements best describes how an increase in the size of a mammal population could be related to a large surplus of food?

The organisms in an ecosystem interact in many ways to survive. For example, a rosebush, aphids, beetles, spiders, and orioles all interact in a rosebush ecosystem. The diagram below shows how these organisms interact in a partial food web.

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Question 16
16.

If the beetle population suddenly disappeared what would happen to the aphid? Explain your reasoning.

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Question 17
17.

If the beetle population suddenly disappeared what would happen to the spider? Explain your reasoning.

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Question 18
18.

If the beetle population suddenly disappeared what would happen to the oriole (bird)? Explain your reasoning.