ELEM 339 Ecosystems and Classification Quiz

The study of how organisms interact with each other and with their physical environment is

• Ecological Succession

• Populations

• Ecology

• Feeding Relationships

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The same species of raccoon that live together in the same forest is an example of

• Population

• Community

• Species

• Ecosystem

All the populations that live in an area along with physical factors in the environment is...

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Biome

• Population

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What is a limiting factor?

• The special role an organism plays within its habitat

• Factors that limit how many organisms can live in an environment such as food, water, light, and living space

• A close relationship between two species

• A type of feeding relationship in which one animal captures and eats another animal for food

A bee pollinating a flower is an example of

• Symbiosis

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

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A system of several overlapping food chains

• Energy pyramid

• Decomposition

• Food web

• Consumer web

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This type of consumer eats the remains of organisms left behind by other animals

• Scavengers

• Omnivores

• Carnivores

• Herbivores

The first to feed in a food chain

• Tertiary consumer

• Primary consumer

• Secondary consumer

• First consumer

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Select the processes that are part of the carbon dioxide-oxygen cycle

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

• Nitrogen cycle

• Decomposition

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The constant movement of nitrogen between living things and the environment is represented by

• Nitrogen fixation

• Respiration

• Carbon dioxide-oxygen cycle

• Nitrogen cycle

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