Ecology Review

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Consumer that eats plants

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herbivore

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Organisms that rely on other organisms for food; consumer

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heterotroph

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What does fungi do to dead plants and animals?

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Decompose them

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In the energy pyramid here, how much of the energy in the producers gets passed to the herbivores? Options: 10%, 20%, 80%, 90%

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10%

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What may happen if the snowshoe hare was removed from the food web pictured?

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The shrew population would decrease due to being only hawk food source.

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Nitrogen fixation processes nitrogen from which of the following sources? lightning, fertilizers, dead plants, atmosphere

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atmosphere

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What is it called when water is changed from a liquid to a gas?

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EVAPORATION

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Nitrogen makes up _____ percent of the atmosphere.

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78%

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In the food web shown, the snail would be considered... (Options: primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumer, producer)

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primary consumer

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Mistletoe grows and spreads on trees, taking their nutrients.

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parasitism