Ecology Middle School

What do the arrows show in this food chain:

• The arrow points from the organism being eaten to the organism that eats it.

• The arrow points from the organism that eats it to the organism that is being eaten.

• The arrow points from biggest animal to smallest animal.

• The arrow points from the consumers to the producers.

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What is the producer in this food chain?

• Phytoplankton

• Krill

• Fish

• Shark

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Which type of ecological succession does this picture show?

• secondary succession

• tertiary succession

• primary succession

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What does this graph show?

• There are always more predators than prey

• The number of predators depends on the number of prey

• The number of predators equals the number of prey

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What is the branch of science that deals with the study of living things and their relationship with the environment?

• Anthropology

• Ecology

• Ecosystems

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Which of the following best describes an ecosystem?

• A community of organisms and their abiotic environment

• A group of interacting individuals of the same species

• A collection of different species living in the same area

• A single species and its natural habitat

If a farmer does not till (plow their fields), which of the following would be the most likely result.

• Crops will need more fertilizers.

• Soil erosion will be reduced and soil biodiversity will increase.

• Water will be needed more because all the plants will be used to more water.

• Plants will need more pesticides to keep insects away.

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The kingdom that has organisms that feed of dead and decaying organisms is ​ (a)  

• Fungi

• Plantae

• Animalia

• Eubacteria

• Protista

• Archaebacteria

We used bioindicators to measure the quality of water.  What is a bioindicator?

• any living creature

• eutrophication

• An organism sensitive to its environment

• a turbidity tube

Which of the following is a characteristic of all living organisms?

• Ability to move

• Ability to perform photosynthesis

• Ability to reproduce

• Ability to grow

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