Ecology and Ecosystem Quiz

Anika and Liam are observing a pond. They notice frogs, fish, and plants living together. The simplest grouping of these different organisms in the biosphere is a..

• Community

• Population

• Species

• Ecosystem

Which ecological inquiry method is Anika using when she enters a forest periodically to count the population number of a certain bird species?

• Observing

• Modeling

• Experimenting

• Predicting

Abigail and Daniel are studying how different animals and plants interact with each other and their surroundings in a forest. The branch of biology dealing with these interactions is called..

• Ecology

• Biology

• Zoology

• Botany

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In a science class, Aria asked, "What is the combined portions of earth called in which all living things exist?"

• Biosphere

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Habitat

Zoe and Luna are studying the number of deer that live in the forest near their town. All of the deer in that forest are called a..

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Species

What are the three basic methods in ecological inquiry used by ecologists to study the living world?

Michael and his classmates are studying different regions of the world. They learn that a group of ecosystems that have the same climate and dominant communities is called a..

• Biome

• Biosphere

• Community

• Habitat

Evelyn is studying a pond ecosystem and observes that the algae at the beginning of the food chain are..

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• Herbivores

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In a biology class, Liam learned about an organism that uses energy to produce its own food supply from inorganic compounds. This type of organism is called a..

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

• Decomposer

• Consumer

What is significant about chemosynthetic bacteria?

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