Ecosystems 2 Practice

Humans are part of the ecosystem and therefore impact it. Which of the following events in an ecosystem may produce a negative effect?

• Preventing deer from depleting food resources.

• Restoring a natural habitat.

• Wildlife rangers minimizing disturbances.

• A lumber company clearing a forest.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A highway is built through a forest. This will most likely have which of the following effects on the organisms in the area?

• Increase the number of bird species in the forest

• Raise the birth rate of the animals on the forest floor

• Eliminate all species of plants found in the forest

• Make it difficult for animals to move through the forest

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Plants interact with living and nonliving components in their environment. Which of the following is an interaction between the plant and a nonliving element?

• Small insects eating the stems of the plants

• Humans breathing oxygen released by plants

• Bees gathering pollen from flowers of plants

• Sandy soil holding the roots of the plants

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An animal that eats plants AND meat

• carinivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

• decomposer

All living (biotic) and nonliving (abiotic) things that live in a certain location

• energy pyramid

• environment

• organisms

• ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Plant Eaters

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

Meat Eaters

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

Meat Eaters

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

A living thing that makes its own food

• decomposer

• consumer

• producer

• herbivore

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Plants and animals that break down dead plants and animals

• consumers

• producers

• carnivores

• decomposers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3