Progressive Ecology & Classification Test Review

True or False: Viruses require a host cell to reproduce

• True

• False

The DEPENDENT variable is on which axis?

• X - axis

• Y - axis

• Z - axis

Answer explanation

DRY - Dependent Responding Y-axis

MIX - Manipulated Independent X-axis

The INDEPENDENT variable is on which axis?

• X - axis

• Y - axis

• Z - axis

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

As you move towards the species taxonomic level there are ​ (a)   taxa (groups).

• more
• fewer
• the same number of

Primary consumers eat ​ (a)  

Secondary consumers eat ​ (b)  

Tertiary consumers eat ​ (c)  

Quarternary consumers eat ​ (d)  

• producers
• primary consumers
• secondary consumers
• tertiary consumers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

In this food web, bacteria act as _____. Hint: pay attention to the arrows.

• consumers

• herbivores

• producers

• decomposers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

​ ​ (a)   succession starts with rock. ​ (b)   succession starts with soil.

• Primary
• Secondary

Which type of succession has greater species diversity?

• Primary

• Secondary

• They begin with the same amount of diversity

​ (a)   of the available energy at each trophic level moves up to the next when organisms are consumed. The remaining ​ (b)   is lost as ​ (c)  

• 10%
• 90%
• heat
• 25%
• 75%
• nutrients

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

How do animals acquire amino acids in the nitrogen cycle?

• breathing air

• eating plants

• drinking water

• producing waste