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What would effect a population regardless of the number of organisms?
Competition
Natural disasters
Amount of land available
Amount of food available
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Which organism is a tertiary consumer in this food web?
Mice
Grasshoppers
Owl
Grasses
3
Which of these organisms is classified as a decomposer?
Fungus
Grass
Mountain lion
Deer
4
The maximum number of organisms an ecosystem can support is called -
Carrying capacity
Homeostasis
Succession
Equilibrium
5
During succession when will an environment have the most species diversity?
When large plants return
When life first inhabits
Once grass starts growing
Right after a disaster
6
What would a long term effect of pollution and human interaction with an environment be?
A decrease in total species
Increase in the number of species
No real effect
Animals with super powers
7
Which of the following organisms is a producer?
Bacteria
Wolf
Oak tree
Grasshoper
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The process of bacteria and fungi returning energy to producers is called what?
Predation
Respiration
Photosynthesis
Decomposition
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Which would cause a decrease in primary consumers?
More plant growth
A decrease in producers
Reduced tertiary consumers
Reduced secondary consumers
10
Animals at the top of an ecological pyramid are called what?
Secondary Consumer
Producer
Tertiary Consumer
Primary Consumer
11
When an animal captures and eats another organism it is called -
Parasitism
Commensalism
Predation
Mutualism
12
What is the biomass of the producers in this pyramid?
100000 Kg
160 Kg
4000 Kg
6 Kg
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Which statement best describes commensalism?
One benefits, the other is harmed
Both benefit
Both are harmed
One benefits, the other is neutral
14
Mosquitoes drinking blood from a cow would be what type of relationship?
Predation
Mutualism
Parasitism
Commensalism
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Which biogeochemical cycle involves photosynthesis and cellular respiration?
Nitrogen cycle
Phosphorus cycle
Water cycle
Carbon cycle
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The process of life starting in a new ecosystem is called -
Homeostasis
Primary succession
Biology
Secondary succession
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What trophic level provides energy to an ecosystem?
Producers
Tertiary consumers
Secondary consumers
Primary consumers
18
Which levels would be affected if level 4 is reduced?
2
1
All of the above
3
19
A raymora riding on the belly of shark is an example of what type of symbiotic relationship?
Parasitism
Mutualism
Predation
Commensalism
20
Competition, disease, and resource availability are considered what to a population?
Density dependent limiting factos
Growth factors
Density independent limiting factors
They have no effect on populations
21
Which statement best describes mutualism?
Ones benefits, the other is harmed
Both organisms benefits
Both are harmed
One benefits, the other is neutral
22
The process where animals produce ATP and CO
2
is called what?
Decomposition
Eating
Cellular Respiration
Photosynthesis
23
If secondary consumers are wiped out what effect would it have on the ecosystem?
All other levels will benefit
Producers will increase
Tertiary consumers will increase
Primary consumers will grow too numerous
24
A bird sitting on a rhino and eating insects off the rhino's back is an example of what?
Parasitism
Mutualism
Competition
Commensalism
25
What percentage of the energy produced by plants do tertiary consumers receive?
1%
100%
0.1%
10%
26
Secondary succession occurs when...
A forest grows back after a fire
Life starts on a new island
A new species moves to an ecosystem
A species dies out
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Which trophic level has the largest number of organisms?
Tertiary consumers
Primary consumers
Producers
Secondary Consumers
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What would be a correct food chain for this food web?
Plant - rabbit - jackal lion
mouse - lion - owl - snake
Rabbit - mouse- lion - tree
owl - cat - snake - lion