Environmental Science Unit 4 Review

Put the levels of ecological organization in order from smallest to biggest.

• Ecosystem

• Individual Organism

• Community

• Biome

• Population

Match each description with the correct level of organization.

• Individual Organism

• One Cow

• Community

• Grass, Bee, Fox

• Population

• Fish, Fish, Fish

• Ecosystem

• River, Grass, Fox

Match each type of consumer to its correct definition

• Carnivore

• Only eats plants

• Omnivore

• Only eats meat

• Herbivore

• Eats both plants and meat

Determine whether each option is biotic or abiotic

Groups:

(a) Biotic

,

(b) Abiotic

• A living thing

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• 
• Temperature

• 
• Water

• A non-living thing

• Grass

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Determine whether each description is a producer, consumer, or decomposer.

• Decomposer

• Breaks down dead organisms and returns nutrients to the soil

• Consumer

• Can make their own food using energy from the sun

• Producer

• Needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

In the energy pyramid, which organism is in the level with the LEAST energy?

• Snakes

• Hawks

• Seeds

• Rodents

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Correctly label the type of organism you would find at each level of the pyramid

a

b

c

d

Primary Consumers

Secondary Consumers

Producers

Apex Predators

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following are TRUE about decomposers?

• They are a type of consumer

• They get energy from dead organisms

• They are plants

• Mushrooms are an example of a decomposer

• They return nutrients to the soil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Match the organisms in the food chain to their correct label

• Apex Predator

• largemouth bass

• Producer

• bluegill

• Primary Consumer

• insect

• Secondary Consumer

• algae

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following food chains shows the organisms in the correct order?

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• 
• 
• 

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2