Vocabulary | ||
#1 | What is Ecology? |
Ecology is the relationship between man and the evironment along with living and non-living organisims. |
#2 | What is energy? |
The capacity to do a certain job, which can be measured as a caloric enery. |
#3 | Type of heterotroph that obtain energy by eating only plants. |
Herbivores |
#4 | Each step in a food chain or food web. |
Trophic Level |
#5 | An interaction in which one organism captures and feeds on another organism. |
Predation |
Components | ||||||||||||||
#1 | Ticks carry bacteria that cause Lyme disease. Ticks do not get Lyme disease, but they can transfer the bacteria to humans, who can get the disease. What type of symbiotic relationship the bacteria and the ticks is? |
Commensalism |
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#2 | Tapeworms are sometimes found in the small intestines of sheep. A tapeworm attaches to the intestinal wall using suckers and then absorbs nutrients from the sheep’s intestine.Which of the following terms describes the relationship between the tapeworm and the sheep?
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C |
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#3 | Which of the following relationships exists between the frog and the mayfly?
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D |
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#4 | Many lichens are composed of fungi and algae. The fungi get sugars from the algae, and the algae get water, minerals, and proteins from the fungi.Which of the following terms best describes the relationship between the organisms in the lichens?
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C |
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#5 | The ecological relationship between a hawk and a rabbit is the same type of relationship as that between
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C |
Cycles & Trophic webs | ||||||||||||||
#1 | If the producers in a food web were removed, which of the following changes would most likely occur?
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A |
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#2 | A partial food web is shown below. The insect species in this food web are ladybugs, aphids, caterpillars, and grasshoppers.
![]() Which of the following statements describes what will most likely happen if another animal that preys on insects enters the community?
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C |
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#3 | A food web is shown below.
![]() Which of the following organisms compete for the mouse as a food source?
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A |
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#4 | A partial food web is shown below.
![]() Which of the following changes is most likely to occur if the sparrow population decreases?
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A |
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#5 | A partial food web is shown below.
![]() Which of the following will most likely happen if the frog population decreases?
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C |
Emergent properties | ||||||||||||||
#1 | Which of the following organisms is correctly matched to its role in the pond ecosystem?
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A |
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#2 | Part of a marsh food web is shown below.
![]() Which of the following statements correctly describes organisms in this food web?
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D |
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#3 | In which of the following ways do producers in an ecosystem obtain energy?
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C |
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#4 | The moose belongs to which trophic level in an ecosystem?
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B |
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#5 | Which of the following lists identifies organisms that are producers in food webs?
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A |
Energy and mass fluxes | ||||||||||||||
#1 | Which of the following energy pyramids shows the correct placement of trophic levels?
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A |
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#2 | A marine food web is shown below.
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C |
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#3 | If there is 1500 KJ of energy provided by the grass plant, how much energy is absorbed by the owl? |
15 Kjoules |
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#4 | What type of energy pyramid is this? |
Pyramid of Numbers |
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#5 |
If there is 300 J of energy provided by the snake how much energy was provided by the grass? |
300,000 joules |
Final Question | |||||||||||||
A food web is shown below.
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A |