Ecology Review (For Test)

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Match the vocabulary to the definition

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

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Match the word with the definition

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Emigration		Amount of organisms that enter a population
Carrying capacity		Amount of organisms that exit a population
Immigration		The maximum number of organisms that an area can support

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How do producers get energy?

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What do herbivores eat?

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What do carnivores eat?

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What do scavengers eat?

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What is the role of decomposers? Click two

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Another term for carnivore is

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Another term for herbivore is

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

Which organism is both a primary and secondary consumer?

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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?

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

Which two organisms are in competition?

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

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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?

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

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

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Match the vocabulary to the definition

Match the word with the definition

How do producers get energy?

What do herbivores eat?

What do carnivores eat?

What do scavengers eat?

What is the role of decomposers? Click two

Another term for carnivore is

Another term for herbivore is

Look at the food web below to answer the following question:Which organism is both a primary and secondary consumer?

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?

Look at the food web below to answer the following question:Which two organisms are in competition?

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

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?

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?

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

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

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

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

Which organism is both a primary and secondary consumer?

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?

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

Which two organisms are in competition?

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?