Ecology

Question 1

The growth potential of a population if it could grow with no limiting factors.

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biotic capacity

Question 2

Which is a limiting factor for a cottontail rabbit population on the prairie in Oklahoma?

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An abundance of coyotes in the area

Question 3

Which of these represents the proper format of writing a scientific name?

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Neurospora crassa

Question 4

Scientists use 6 kingdoms to classify organisms. In which kingdom would you find worms?

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Animal

Question 5

Scientists use 6 kingdoms to classify organisms. In which kingdom would you find mushrooms?

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Fungi

Question 6

Tertiary consumers get more energy from their food than do secondary consumers.

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False

Question 7

An organism's role or job in the ecosystem in which it lives.

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Niche

Question 8

The study of describing, classifying, and naming organisms

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Taxonomy

Question 9

Scientists use 6 kingdoms to classify organisms. In which kingdom would you find humans?

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Animal

Question 10

Looking at the energy pyramid, in an ecosystem, which group will have the smallest population?

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Tertiary Consumer

Question 11

What is the total magnification of the microscope when the objective lens is set on 40x

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400x

Question 12

The white tail deer living in Bankhead National Forest.

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A Population

Question 13

An organism that eats both plants and animals is known as a (an)

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omnivore

Question 14

What is the total magnification of the microscope when the objective lens is set on 4x?

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40x

Question 15

The parts of the Earth and its surrounding atmosphere where there is life.

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Biosphere

Question 16

The producer in an ecosystem has 6,000kcal of energy. How much does the tertiary consumer have?

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6

Question 17

These organisms eat plants directly for energy.

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Primary Consumers

Question 18

The smallest unit unit of life

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cell

Question 19

A symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit.

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Mutualism

Question 20

The scientist is known for the development and improvement of the microscope.

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Question 21

Explain how Lumbriculus (black worm) reproduce most often.

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Fragmentation

Question 22

The process by which living things make more living things and only one parent is involved.

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asexual reproduction

Question 23

Scientists use 6 kingdoms to classify organisms. Which kingdom has roses as members?

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Plants

Question 24

Name the biotic factor in the picture.

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Trees

Question 25

These organisms recycle matter back to plants.

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Decomposers

Question 26

Scientists use 6 kingdoms to classify organisms. In which kingdom would you find WOWBugs?

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Animals

Question 27

The place within an ecosystem where an organism lives.

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Habitat

Question 28

A symbiotic relationship that benefits one species but does not harm or benefit the other.

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commensalism

Question 29

Looking at the energy pyramid in an ecosystem, which group will have the greatest population?

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Producers

Question 30

Living things that are made of only one cell

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Unicellular

Question 31

Organisms that get energy by eating other organisms.

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Consumer

Question 32

Yellowstone National Park is an example of a(n) ______________.

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Ecosystem

Question 33

An organisms that uses the sun's energy to produce its own food.

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Producer

Question 34

A mammalian tapeworm and its host are an example of this type of symbiotic relationship.

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Parasitism

Question 35

A factor that can limit the growth of a population.

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limiting factor

Question 36

The need for organisms to rely on the same resources causes

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competition

Question 37

Put these words in order from largest to smallest: population, community, organism, & ecosystem

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ecosystem, community, population, and organism

Question 38

An organism's ability to maintain steady internal conditions when outside conditions change.

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Homeostasis

Question 39

All life on Earth is dependent on this for energy

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The Sun

Question 40

The scientist who developed the modern system of naming organisms called binomial nomenclature.

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Carolus Linnaeus

Question 41

These organisms use energy from the sun to make food by photosynthesis

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Producers

Question 42

The scientist who studied cork, describing what he saw as cells, and he improved the microscope

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Robert Hooke

Question 43

The California Black Worm is an example of this group organisms in a food web.

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Decomposer

Question 44

A Nile crocodile and the Plover Bird are an example of this type of symbiotic relationship.

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Mutualism

Question 45

An individual that has all the characteristics of life.

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organism

Question 46

Are organisms in the same Family more or less similar than organisms in the same Order?

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more similar

Question 47

This organism is known as nature's pest control.

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WOWBugs

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