Ecology Review pre-AP

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Where is energy converted from light energy to chemical energy?

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grass

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Why is only a small amount of energy consumed by an organism available to the next organism in a food web?

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Most of the energy is used for life processes.

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What is the source of energy in this food web? Options: algae, sunlight, tadpoles, turtles

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sunlight

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In which trophic pyramid are the organisms correctly displayed?

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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Which organisms compete for food? Options: hawk, lynx, and fox; hawk, lynx, and willow; hawk, shrew, and willow; hawk, insect, and willow

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hawk, lynx, and fox

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Adaptations passed on during natural selection most likely help organisms avoid: each other, predators, food, sunlight

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predators

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A large population of ants was sprayed with insecticide. A few of the ants survived and produced a population of ants that was resistant to this spray. What can BEST be inferred from this example?

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Individuals with favorable adaptations and mutations survive and reproduce

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Which of these is a threat to the survival of an ecosystem?

• predator-prey population cycles
• less biomass at higher levels of the food web
• a shrinking variety of animal and plant species
• competition among some consumer populations

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a shrinking variety of animal and plant species

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What would be the most likely result if some of the species in the coral reef are destroyed?

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The coral reef would begin to deteriorate and decrease without the variety of fish and plants needed to maintain stability.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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Why is an ecosystem healthy when it has a variety of species?

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A larger number of species allows for greater diversity in interdependence.

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