Intro to Natural Resources Final Review

Question 1

The function or position of an organism or population within an ecological community.

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niche

Question 2

Grass---> rabbit--> hawk-->Mountain Lion; Which is the secondary consumer?

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Hawk

Question 3

An example of a biotic factor would be

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Insects

Question 4

Grass---> rabbit--> hawk-->Mountain Lion; Which is the autotroph?

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Grass

Question 5

he study of interactions between living things in their surroundings

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Ecology

Question 6

An example of a renewable resource would be

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solar energy

Question 7

Eat both plants and animals

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omnivore

Question 8

Organisms that use air, water and minerals to make their own food

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Producers

Question 9

Grass---> rabbit--> hawk-->Mountain Lion; Which is carnivore?

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Hawk, Mountain Lion

Question 10

Organisms that cannot make their own food so they must eat plants and/or other animals

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Consumers, Secondary Consumers

Question 11

An example of something abiotic would be

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Wind

Question 12

Every time energy transfers how much is lost?

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90%

Question 13

trees and flowers are examples of

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producers

Question 14

Organisms that rely on other organisms for energy through hunting.

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Predator

Question 15

True or false: When discussing the tragedy of the commons, the commons is discussing resources.

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True

Question 16

a group of interacting living species sharing the non-living resources of a specific area

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community

Question 17

break down dead plant and animal matter so that minerals and nutrients are released to the soil

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decomposer

Question 18

The arrows in a food chain or food web represent

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energy flow

Question 19

Most of the animals in our classroom, especially the geckos

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insectivore

Question 20

Fencing off the beach for sea turtle nesting season to avoid ruining the nest is

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Preservation

Question 21

deer and wolves are examples of

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consumers

Question 22

Eat only meat

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carnivore

Question 23

bacteria and fungi are examples of

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decomposers

Question 24

represents one feeding relationship… or the transfer of energy from one organism to another

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Food chains

Question 25

wise use of resources so they are still available in the future

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Conservation

Question 26

True or False: You must make a profit in order to be sustainable?

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False

Question 27

The arrow always points to the...

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all of the above

Question 28

Objects,energy sources and materials foundin nature that that can cause war or economic gain

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Natural Resources

Question 29

The variety of life found on earth is called

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Biodiversity

Question 30

Biodiversity takes into account

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All of the above

Question 31

What are the three realms of sustainability?

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economical, environmental, social

Question 32

Organisms that do not hunt for their own food, rather eat already dead organisms.

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Scavenger

Question 33

An example of a nonrenewable resource would be

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minerals

Question 34

a group of living organisms of the same kind living in the same place at the same time.

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population

Question 35

Grass---> rabbit--> hawk-->Mountain Lion; Food chain or food web?

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Food chain

Question 36

What is an example of the tragedy of the commons?

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Taking more of a resource than you need

Question 37

no harvesting, hunting, mining or otherwise taking/using of the resource to maintain for future

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Preservation

Question 38

Eat only plants

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herbivore

Intro to Natural Resources Final Review

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Intro to Natural Resources Final Review

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