Maap Biology

This scientist is called a _____________.

• Botanist

• Chemist

• Zoologist

• Meteorologist

A biologist studies the structure, function, growth and origin of living organisms.

• True

• False

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The image above shows which of the following scientist at work?

• Physicist

• Meteorologist

• Oceanographer

• Botanist

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Which statement describes an autotroph?

• It is an organism that makes its own food.

• It is an organism that eats other organisms.

• It is an organism that eats decaying matter.

• None of the above.

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Which situation is a biotic factor operating within an ecosystem?

• the kind of climate in a given region

• carnivores that eat other animals

• the concentration of hydrogen gas in the air

• the rate of water flow in a body of water

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Which of these phrases describes the biotic factors of an ecosystem?

• the number of individual organisms in each trophic level of an ecosystem

• any living part of an environment

• an organism that eats only meat

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What is composed of several food chains in an ecosystem that intersect and depend on one another?

• niche

• feeding level

• energy pyramid

• food web

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What is the ultimate source of energy in any food chain?

• the sun

• producers

• consumers

• decomposers

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Which organisms can be found at the first, or lowest, trophic level?

• herbivores

• carnivores

• heterotrophs

• autotrophs

Weather (such as rain) and soil conditions are considered to be part of the ____________ factors of an ecosystem.

• biotic

• antibiotic

• abiotic

• biomass

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