STAAR Ecology

Which of the following is a predator-prey relationship in this food web?

• Jackal-Goat

• Rabbit-Green Plant

• Mouse-Owl

• Jackal-Lion

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which sentence best describes how energy flows through this pyramid?

• Energy is transferred down each level of the energy pyramid.

• The energy lost at each level is consumed by organisms in the top level.

• Energy is transferred from organisms in one level to those in the level above.

• The organisms at the bottom level provide energy directly to organisms in all the other levels.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which ecosystem is probably healthier?

• An ecosystem with only a few species of animals

• An ecosystem with MANY different animals

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A condition that occurs when two or more organisms compete for the same resources or food within an ecological community ...

• Population

• Competition

• Ecosystem

• Community

The place where an organisms lives ...

• Home

• Habitat

• Community

• Population

Eats plants (example: deer)

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Decomposer

Eats other animals (example: tiger)

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Decomposer

AUTOTROPHS

- Use sun's energy to make their own food

- Plants (grass)

• Herbivore

• Consumers

• Producers

• Scavangers

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

If a habitat experiences a drought, the available resources will ...

• Increase

• Decrease

• increase, then decrease

• Not Change

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Non-living factors in an ecosystem ...

• biome

• biotic

• abiotic

• habitat

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3