Community Ecology

What is an ecological community?

• A group of the same type of organisms.

• A group of populations.

• A group of the same species of organisms.

• Another word for ecosystem.

Which is NOT one of the three broad trophic levels?

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Lender

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Autotrophs _____ food.

• make their own

• eat other things for

• consume

• decompose

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Heterotrophs _______ food.

• eat other things as

• produce

• make their own

• decompose

All the living things in an ecosystem are the __________ factors.

• abiotic

• biotic

Food webs are models that show:

• one sequence of producers and consumers.

• complex networks of feeding relationships.

• stored energy in food chains.

• only primary consumers in an ecosystem.

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What is the study of interactions between organisms and their environment?

• biology

• niche

• community

• ecology

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The diagram shows a:

• trophic pyramid

• biochemical cycle

• community pyramid

• ecosystem

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What is the term for each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a biological community?

• energy path

• food web

• trophic level

• food pyramid

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Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers. The flowers are pollinated by the hummingbirds, allowing them to reproduce. This is an example of:

• commensalism

• mutualism

• parasitism

• predation

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