Ecology

Ecology is the study of:

• only the living things in the environment

• only the nonliving things in the environment

• how living things interact with each other and the nonliving things in the environment

• scientists who perform research on living things

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What term do ecologists use to describe where an animal lives (an animal’s home)?

• Ecosystem

• Ecologist

• Habitat

• Population

What type of organism can make its own food?

• A producer (an autotroph)

• A consumer (a heterotroph)

• A decomposer

• All of the above

The first organism in a food chain is ALWAYS a:

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

• Any of the above

How much energy is transferred between trophic levels?

• 25%

• 20%

• 10%

• 90%

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What is a niche?

• The habitat that an organism lives in

• An organism’s “role” in an ecosystem

• A type of consumer

• The relationship between a producer and consumer

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What happens when different species try to occupy the same niche?

• The species compete with each other

• The species cooperate with each other

• The species coexist with each other

• All of the above

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In what type of relationship do both organisms benefit from the relationship?

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Predation

How does oxygen cycle between plants and animals?

• Plants and animals both release oxygen

• Plants and animals convert water into oxygen

• Plants take in oxygen that is produced by animals

• Animals take in oxygen that is produced by plants

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Organisms that can make their own food do so by the process of:

• decomposition

• respiration

• photosynthesis

• scavenging

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