Ecology Test Review

Which is NOT biotic?

• atom
• bacteria cell
• plant cell 
• animal cell

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which species was DIRECTLY affected by the wolves in Yellowstone?

• plants
• bears
• beavers
• elk

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

An organism that does NOT eat other organisms to obtain energy because it can make its own energy!

• plant
• producer
• autotroph
• these are all correct

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

These 2 levels of ecological organization contain both biotic and abiotic factors

• population, community
• community, ecosystem
• organism, population
• ecosystem, biosphere

Which trophic level contains organisms that eat plants (herbivores)?

• producers
• primary consumers/ 1st order heterotrophs
• secondary consumers/ 2nd order heterotrophs
• tertiary consumers/3rd order heterotrophs

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Where would you find organisms that are apex predators and only occur in small populations in an ecosystem?

• producer/autotrophs
• first order heterotrophs
• second order heterotrophs
• third order heterotrophs

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

When wolves consume elk, which body system breaks down the elk into nutrients (glucose) to be used in cellular respiration to make ATP?

• cardiovascular system
• respiratory system
• nervous system
• digestive system

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

A secondary consumer that eats a primary consumer is also called a(n)

• herbivore
• omnivore
• carnivore
• autotroph

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of these is the correct order of ecological levels of organization from LARGEST to SMALLEST?

• organism- population- community- ecosystem- biosphere
• biosphere- community- ecosystem- population- organism
• organism- community- population- ecosystem- biosphere
• biosphere- ecosystem- community- population- organism

Which stage of the water cycle does NOT require thermal energy from the sun?

• runoff
• evaporation
• transpiration
• respiration (indirectly)

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4