Unit 2 Review - Ecology

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What happens to the population of G if B goes extinct?

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G would increase.

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What is C best described as?

Back

C is a producer.

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Which of the following is NOT an abiotic limiting factor?

Back

Population overcrowding.

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Which organism in the food chain receives energy from the primary heterotroph?

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Hawk.

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What is NOT an abiotic factor that limits the carrying capacity of a habitat?

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Activity of decomposers.

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Define 'abiotic factors' in an ecosystem.

Back

Non-living components that affect living organisms, such as temperature, water, and nutrients.

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What is 'carrying capacity'?

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The maximum number of individuals of a species that an environment can support sustainably.

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What role do producers play in an ecosystem?

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They convert solar energy into chemical energy through photosynthesis.

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What is a food chain?

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A linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another.

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Define 'heterotroph'.

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An organism that cannot produce its own food and must consume other organisms for energy.