4.1 & 4.2 Review - Climate, Niches & Community Interactions

The range of all  conditions in which a species lives and how it gets what it needs to survive and reproduce.

• population
• ecosystem
• niche
• biology

The term ______ refers to any necessity of life (water, nutrients, light, food, or space).

• niche
• resource
• ecosystem
• tolerance

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

The _________ states that no two species can occupy exactly the same niche in exactly the same habitat at exactly the same time.

• theory of evolution
• law of conservation of energy
• competitive exclusion principle
• harmonious ecology principle

_________ can affect the size of prey populations in a community and determine the places prey can live and feed.

• Predators
• Ecosystems
• Omnivores
• Parasites

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

_______ can affect both the size and distribution of plant populations in a community and determine the places that certain plants can survive and grow.

• Predators
• Carnivores
• Omnivores
• Herbivores

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

An interaction in which one animal captures and feeds on another animal (the prey) is called _________.

• speciation
• herbivory
• predation
• carnivory

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

An interaction in which one animal feeds on producers (such as plants) is called _______.

• parasitism
• predation
• omnivory
• herbivory

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Changes in the population of a _________________ can cause dramatic changes in the structure of a community.

• group
• prey
• predators
• keystone species

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What are the three primary ways that organisms depend on each other?

• predation, herbivory, and parasitism
• mutualism, parasitism, and commensalism
  
• symbiosis, predation, mututalism
• commensalism, predation, mututalism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Any relationship in which two species live closely together is called ________, which means “living together.”

• mutualism
• commensalism
• symbiosis
• predation