Ecosystem Assessment 1

Which organism in the food chain is a producer?

• Mongoose

• Snake

• Caterpillar

• Leaf

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Which organism in this food web provides the most energy?

• Fox

• Grass

• Hawk

• Rabbit

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Why are decomposers important in an ecosystem?

• They make food for other organisms

• They return nutrients to the soil

• They eat dead animals

• They are prey for predators

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All of the same species in an area at the same time is called:

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Density

What would happen to this food web if a disease killed a lot of foxes?

• There would be more rabbits, frogs, and mice

• The hawks would also die

• There would be less rabbits, frogs, and mice

• The number of thrushes would increase

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The study of the interactions between organisms and the biotic and abiotic components of their environment.

• Economics

• Zoology

• Biology

• Ecology

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This is a group of interacting populations in a geographic area.

• population

• community

• ecosystem

• biome

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The number of individuals, the time and place are needed to adequately describe a ______________________.

• population

• community

• ecosystem

• biosphere

Precipitation, elevation, longitude, and salinity are all examples of this type of environmental factors.

• biotic

• abiotic

• organic

• biologic

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Omnivores and detritivores are examples of ______________?

• producers

• autotrophs

• consumers

• synthesizer

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