ECO: Environments

Which of the following organisms is considered a decomposer?

• grasses
• vultures
• worms
• snakes

Organisms that get energy by making their own food are called

• Producers
• Consumers
• Decomposers
• Omnivores

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the name of the process by which plants make their own food?

• evaporation
• adaptations
• photosynthesis
• transpiration

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which two organisms are in a PRODUCER-CONSUMER relationship?

• Gray Wolf and Fruits
• Vole and Grass
• Elk and Coyote
• Elk and Gray Wolf

A wrasse fish feeds on the parasites found on the black sea bass's body. Both species benefit. 

• Mutualism 
• Parasitism 
• Commensalism 

Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all  _____  parts of the environment

• alive
• biotic 
• abiotic
• living

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Organisms such as mushrooms, bacteria, worms and ants that get energy by breaking down other dead organisms.

• scavengers

• consumers

• decomposers

• carnivores

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

If the grasshopper were to be removed completely from the food web, what organism would be most affected?

• The squirrel

• The shrew

• The deer

• The rabbit

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

If additional snakes are introduced into this ecosystem, there will most likely be an immediate decrease in the...

• hawk population

• rabbit population

• wildflower population

• grass population

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which of the following describes a consequence of overfishing our ocean ecosystem?

• Removal of invasive species

• Ocean food webs can become imbalanced

• Increased dissolved oxygen concentration

• Fishing vessels cause water to warm up

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5