Environmental Science: Ecology Test

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Water temperature would be an example of ...

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an abiotic factor.

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A collection of organisms that belong to different populations but all live in the same area and interact with one another.

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Community

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A collection of organisms that make up a community as well as all of the nonliving aspects of the environment.

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Ecosystem

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Which of the following best describes a community? Options: sharks, groupers, anemones and shrimp on a coral reef, decorator crabs on the seafloor, loggerhead sea turtles in Atlantic, prairie grassland in Wyoming

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sharks, groupers, anemones and shrimp on a coral reef

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Which is the thin layer of the earth that supports life and also the largest level of ecological organization?

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The biosphere

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Rabbit: Match the picture with the group/term that it belongs to. Options: Organism, Population, Community, Ecosystem

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Organism

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A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem is a ____________

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food web

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Which of the following is a herbivore? Options: cricket, frog, hawk, shrew

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cricket

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Where do all life forms get their energy?

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The Sun

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What does a food chain represent?

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A single path of energy transfer within a habitat.