Ms. Connell's Ecology Review

Question 1

Based on this food web, which of the following would be a correct food chain?

Accepted Answer

Grass -> Grasshopper -> Lizard -> Hawk

Question 2

What is an organism's role or job in an ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

niche

Question 3

A grasshopper eating the grass is eaten by a frog. At which level is the frog?

Accepted Answer

secondary consumer

Question 4

What is an example of a decomposer?

Accepted Answer

mushroom

Question 5

A large animal that eats grasses, nuts and roots is considered an...

Accepted Answer

herbivore

Question 6

The interactions of living things together with their environment is called what?

Accepted Answer

ecosystem

Question 7

What is a group of organisms that are closely related and produce fertile offspring?

Accepted Answer

species

Question 8

The study of the relationships between living things and their environment is called...

Accepted Answer

ecology

Question 9

Which organism in the food web is a tertiary consumer?

Accepted Answer

Hawk

Question 10

A macroinvertebrate that eats other larvae, small fish and algae is called ...

Accepted Answer

an omnivore

Question 11

The connection of several food chains make up what?

Accepted Answer

Food web

Question 12

Which model shows the amount of energy available at each feeding level?

Accepted Answer

energy pyramid

Question 13

Which model shows all the feeding relationships in an ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

food web

Question 14

Which type of organisms only eat producers?

Accepted Answer

herbivore

Question 15

A raccoon comes along and eats the frog. What is the position of the raccoon?

Accepted Answer

tertiary consumer

Question 16

Which type of organism eats other organisms?

Accepted Answer

consumer

Question 17

All of the non-living parts of an ecosystem are what?

Accepted Answer

abiotic

Question 18

Which pair of terms could apply to the same organism?

Accepted Answer

consumer/scavenger

Question 19

Which of the following is an abiotic factor?

Accepted Answer

rocks

Question 20

What is a biotic factor in an ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

algae

Question 21

All the populations that live in the same area and interact describe a what?

Accepted Answer

community

Question 22

All of the living parts of an ecosystem are what?

Accepted Answer

biotic

Question 23

Which type of organism breaks down dead plants and dead animals into simpler compounds?

Accepted Answer

decomposer

Question 24

Which level of an energy pyramid in an ecosystem has the most energy?

Accepted Answer

producer

Ms. Connell's Ecology Review

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Ms. Connell's Ecology Review

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