Midterm

What is the name for a group of organisms that can mate and produce offspring that in turn can produce more offspring?

• Ecosystem

• Species

• Community

• Population

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

What is the name for the symbiosis relationship between two species when both species benefit from the relationship?

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Host

• Parasitism

Plants, algae, and bacteria that make their own food are called

• Energy

• Consumer

• Herbivores

• Producers

What type of consumer eats both plants and meat?

• Herbivore

• People

• Omnivore

• Carnivore

The energy in most ecosystems begins with the

• Plants

• Sun

• Bottom of the food chain

• Water

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Most organisms get energy by combining oxygen from the air with food in a process known as

• Decomposition

• Photosynthesis

• Cellular respiration

• Nitrogen cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

The first organisms to live in an area are called

• Ecological succession

• Biome

• Plant colony

• Pioneer species

What is the general weather of an area over a long period of time?

• Ecosystem

• Weather

• Climate

• Biosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the name for the part of Earth that supports life?

• Biome

• Biosphere

• Ecosystem

• Species

What is the name for the uppermost layer of the forest?

• The sky

• The sun

• The canopy

• The rain forest