How could releasing a pet fish into a creek negatively affect native populations?

The fish could thrive and compete with native species

Which of the following would be a logical effect on the ecosystem if the deer population grew?

The plant population will decrease, and then the rodents

Which of the following identifies the levels of classification in correct order?

Domain kingdom phylum class order family genus species

Which of the following sets of organisms are part of the same population?

Four fungi growing on the trunk

What information is included in a food web?

The feeding relationships among organisms in an ecosystem, How energy moves through an ecosystem

How do omnivores differ from carnivores?

Omnivores eat both plants and animals

Which of the following statements correctly describes a kingdom of Domain Eukarya?

Fungi get energy by decomposing materials in the environment

The Florida Panther now only lives in the southern tip of Florida what most likely caused this?

The break up of its natural habitat by human settlement

Which statement below describes the levels of organization in an ecosystem?

Organism, population, community, ecosystem

Which statement describes a difference between producers and consumers?

Producers make their own food, consumers eat other organisms

Which of the following determines where an animal can live?

Whether its needs are met by both abiotic and biotic factors

How do producers get energy?

They capture energy from sunlight and form their own food

Which statement might cause a population of rabbits to level off, but not decline?

Competition for resources limits the rabbit population

What is the primary role of decomposers in an ecosystem?

To recycle energy from dead producers and consumers

How do consumers get energy to function?

They obtain energy by eating other organisms

What happens to a population when a limiting factor becomes scarce?

The population size will decrease

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1
How could releasing a pet fish into a creek negatively affect native populations?
The fish could thrive and compete with native species
The fish could die increasing the amount of decaying matter
A native fish could eat the fish and not its usual prey
Native species could be better at competing for resources
2
Which of the following is a biotic factor that can limit the number of living things?
Range of temperature
Quantity of light
Quantity of predators
Soil composition
3
Based on the names what conclusion can you draw about the three animals?
They lack any shared DNA
They do not have a common ancestor
They are members of Domain Archaea
They belong to the same genus
4
Which of the following would be a logical effect on the ecosystem if the deer population grew?
The insects will increase rapidly, then die off
The trees will increase as the deer begin to eat the bugs
The number of wolves will decrease
The plant population will decrease, and then the rodents
5
Which of the following identifies the levels of classification in correct order?
Genus species domain kingdom phylum class order family
Domain kingdom phylum class order family genus species
Genus species phylum class order family domain kingdom
Domain kingdom genus species phylum class order family
6
Which of the following sets of organisms are part of the same population?
Four fungi growing on the trunk
Oak tree and lichen
Two different species of butterflies
Squirrel and woodpecker
7
What information is included in a food web?
The number of different types of organisms in an ecosystem
Definitions of producers, consumer, and decomposers
The feeding relationships among organisms in an ecosystem
How energy moves through an ecosystem
8
How do omnivores differ from carnivores?
Omnivores always eat live animals
Omnivores eat only plant materials
Omnivores are able to produce their own food
Omnivores eat both plants and animals
9
Most producers use sunlight to make food through photosynthesis. What are the products?
Sugar and oxygen
Carbon dioxide and water
Plant stems, leaves, and root systems
Chlorophyll, protein, and DNA
10
Which of the following statements correctly describes a kingdom of Domain Eukarya?
Plants are multicellular and can move independently
Fungi get energy by decomposing materials in the environment
Protists include single celled organisms without nuclei
Animals include organisms that make their own food
11
Which of the following are both abiotic factors in the pond ecosystem?
The water temperature and the birds
The frog and the water
The sun light and rocks
The rain and the fish
12
The Florida Panther now only lives in the southern tip of Florida what most likely caused this?
The break up of its natural habitat by human settlement
Competition for territory between panthers
The unintentional introduction of a larger predator
The weakening of the species due to inbreeding
13
Which statement below describes the levels of organization in an ecosystem?
Species, organism, population, community
Organism, population, community, ecosystem
Organism, species, population, ecosystem
Organism, community, population, ecosystem
14
Which of the following would be least helpful in determining the relatedness of two species?
Comparing the developmental patterns
Comparing the DNA
Comparing the physical characteristics
Comparing the diets
15
Which of the following choices describe how toads depend on a biotic factor in their habitat?
The toad eats adult insects
The toad needs shallow pools to breed
The toad sometimes hide behind rocks
The toad survives cold weather by burrowing in the ground
16
Which statement describes a difference between producers and consumers?
All producers are plants and consumers are animals
Producers make their own food, consumers eat other organisms
Producers live on land, consumers live on water
Producers get energy from plants, consumers from energy
17
Which of the following determines where an animal can live?
Whether its needs are met by abiotic factors
Whether its needs are met by both abiotic and biotic factors
Whether its needs are met by biotic factors
Whether its needs are met by other populations
18
How do producers get energy?
They obtain energy by eating plants
They capture energy from sunlight and form their own food
They extract energy from decaying organic matter
They extract energy from the chemicals in the soil and air
19
Which statement might cause a population of rabbits to level off, but not decline?
The rabbits encountered a new disease
Predators were introduced to the area
Competition for resources limits the rabbit population
The resources in the area ran out
20
What is the primary role of decomposers in an ecosystem?
To recycle energy from dead producers and consumers
To control the population of producers and consumers
To provide a source of energy for producers
To compete with producers for energy
21
Rainfall is an abiotic factor. If rainfall decreases what happens to vegetation?
Vegetation increases
Vegetation decreases then increases
Vegetation stays the same
Vegetation decreases
22
How do consumers get energy to function?
They obtain energy by eating other organisms
They obtain it from the sun and convert it to energy
They obtain energy from other organisms and sunlight
They obtain energy by absorbing it from their environments
23
Aphids infest and harm plants ladybugs eat aphids, which two symbiotic relationships are these?
Commensalism, mutualism
Parasitism, commensalism
Mutualism, parasitism
Parasitism, predator-prey
24
What happens to a population when a limiting factor becomes scarce?
The population size will increase
The population size will decrease
The population size will fluctuate
The population size will remain the same

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