Science Of Ecology Part 2 Question Preview (ID: 46860)


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An organism that breaks down the remains of producers and consumers and releases inorganic molecules back into the environment. Can be classified as a scavenger, detritovore, or saprotroph
a) Decomposer
b) Carnivore
c) Abiotic Factor
d) Biomass

Consume herbivores or other carnivores, examples include wolves, lions, hawks, frogs, spiders
a) Carnivore
b) Herbivore
c) Omnivore
d) Detritovore

The feeding positions in a food chain or food web
a) Trophic level
b) Abiotic Factor
c) Biomass
d) Niche

A physical aspect of an environment, also known as a non-living factor.
a) Abiotic Factor
b) Biotic factor
c) Biomass
d) Trophic level

The total mass of organisms at a specific trophic level.
a) Biomass
b) Carnivore
c) Decomposer
d) Biotic factor

First trophic level- producers; Second trophic level-Occupied by primary consumers that get their energy from primary consumers or organisms in the second trophic level. Only 10% of the energy passes from one trophic level to the next trophic level.
a) Trophic level organization
b) Biomass
c) Niche
d) Biotic factor

A diagram showing a single pathway through which energy and matter flow through an ecosystem.
a) Food Chain
b) Food Web
c) habitat
d) Niche

Consumes tissues of dead animals. Examples include vultures, raccoons
a) Scavenger
b) Ecology
c) Habitat
d) Ecosystem

The study of how living organisms interact with each other and their environments
a) Ecology
b) Paleontology
c) Archaeology
d) Chemistry

A location where a specific population of species lives.
a) Habitat
b) Niche
c) Food Web
d) Biomass

The idea that two species cannot occupy the same niche in the same place for a long period of time.
a) Competitive Exclusion Principle
b) Habitat
c) Ecosystem
d) Scavenger

A complex system that consists of all the biotic (living_) and abiotic (physical) aspects of the environment.
a) Ecosystem
b) habitat
c) Ecology
d) Food Chain

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