Ecology Checkpoint 1

Multiple (a)   interact to form a ​ (b)   that shows how ​ (c)   flows through an ​ (d)   .

• food chains
• food web
• energy
• ecosystem
• trophic level
• biome

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Place the labels on the energy pyramid according to interactions in an ecosystem.

a

b

c

d

e

secondary consumer

tertiary consumer

primary consumer

producer

quaternary consumer

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​ (a)   designate the (b)   in a ​ (c)   or ​ (d)   within an ​ (e)   .

• feeding positions
• Trophic levels
• food chain
• food web
• ecosystem
• biosphere
• Energy pyramid
• biomass

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Match the following:

• plants (producers)

• herbivore

• plants & animals

• predator

• prey

• detritivore

• animals (meat)

• carnivore

• dead material

• omnivore

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Match the following terms to the correct description of organism interactions.

• one kills the other for food

• competition

• both benefit

• mutualism

• one benefits, one is harmed

• parasitism

• one benefits, one is neutral

• predation

• both fight for the same stuff

• commensalism

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How much energy is transferred from one level to the next in the energy pyramid?

• The totals of all levels below.

• 100%

• 10%

• 90%

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In the atmosphere, carbon is found in the form of...

• water

• carbon dioxide

• vapor

• carbon monoxide

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​ (a)   : Fungi and ​ (b)   decompose ​ (c)   organisms & ​organic (d)   , releasing organic compounds & carbon dioxide.

• Decomposition
• bacteria
• dead
• waste
• glucose
• oxygen
• food

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(a)   is an important component of ​ (b)   and ​ (c)   like ​ (d)   .

• Nitrogen
• proteins
• nucleic acids
• DNA & RNA
• decomposers
• producers

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Match the following processes:

• convert nitrogen compounds into ammonium

• nitrogen fixation

• plants absorb nitrates

• assimilation

• turn nitrogen into ammonium

• denitrification

• turn ammonium into nitrites

• ammonification

• turn nitrates into nitrogen gas

• nitrification

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