Basic Ecology Terms

Which of the following examples is a population?

• All the birds in Central Park

• All the snakes in the desert

• All the chimpanzees in the jungle

• All the fish in the ocean

Which of the following contains all abiotic factors?

• water, decomposers, soil, humidity

• sunlight, rocks, water, temperature

• dirt, bacteria, soil, wind

• elephants, gorillas, lions, hyenas

What is the term that best describes the animal above?

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

• Decomposer

• Scavenger

All food chains must start out with a

• Sun

• Producer

• Decomposer

• Herbivore

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A community is made up of

• all the organisms

• all the biotic and abiotic things

• one species, one place

• all the abiotic things

The primary consumer is also known as a

• carnivore

• decomposer

• herbivore

• omnivore

The arrows in a food chain represents

• how oxygen moves between the organisms

• the order in which the decomposers act

• the wastes given off

• the flow of energy

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What is missing from this food web?

• The herbivores

• The bacteria and fungi

• The producers

• The carnivores

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What can you say about this energy pyramid?

• The herbivores will continue to increase

• Energy is flowing down to the algae

• Energy enters at the top level

• This ecosystem is most likely unstable

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What will happen if two organisms occupy the same niche?

• There will be competition and one organism could die

• The two organisms will learn to live together

• Energy will flow between them

• One will become a herbivore and the other a carnivore

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