Unit 1 Test Part 2

The stable ecosystem that develops as a result of succession is called ____.

• niche

• habitat

• forest

• climax community

An uncut lawn eventually becomes a meadow and then a forest. This process is an example of ______.

• aphotic zones

• primary succession

• secondary succession

• estuary

Breaks down dead organisms.

• autotroph

• scavenger

• decomposer

• parasite

Obtains energy and nutrients from autotrophs.

• chemotroph

• heterotroph

• anerobe

• parasite

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Step in the passage of energy and matter through an ecosystem.

• food chain

• trophic level

• habitat

• niche

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A relationship between organisms in which one organism benefits at the expense of the other.

• mutualism

• parasitism

• commensalism

• symbolism

Manufactures food using energy from the sun or from chemical compounds.

• autotroph

• heterotroph

• scavenger

• decomposer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Place where an organism spends its life

• niche

• habitat

• biological community

• ecosystem

A simple model that shows how matter and energy move through an ecosystem.

• food web

• trophic levels

• food chain

• habitat

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Relationship between organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is neither harmed nor benefited.

• parasitism

• mutualism

• commensalism

• symbolism