Ecology

What is the original source of almost all energy in most ecosystems?

• carbohydrates
• sunlight
• water
• carbon

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The image provided is an example of a(n):

• Producer
• Autotroph
• Consumer
• Insect

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The amount of energy that usually transfers from one trophic level to the next...

• 10%

• 20%

• 80%

• 50%

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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An illustration that uses arrows to show the many possible directions in which matter and energy can pass through the organisms in an ecosystem.

• Food chain
• Food web
• Energy Pyramid
• Succession Map

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Which of the following would be the definition of a decomposers?

• Animals that eat insects.

• Organisms that feed on rocks, recycling the nutrients back into the ground.

• Organisms that eat only pants

• Organisms that feed on dead organisms, recycling the nutrients back into the ground.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The nonliving aspects of an ecosystem.

• Abiotic factors

• Biotic factors

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The living portions of the ecosystem.

• Biotic factors
• Abiotic factors

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Water temperature would be an example of ...

• A biotic factor

• An abiotic factor

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Consumer that eats plants

• heterotroph

• primary consumer

• producer

• secondary consumer

What are the Abiotic factors in this image? 

• water, sunlight, dirt, air
• birds and plants
• birds, water, dirt
• plants, water

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