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Roberto feeds his pet iguana a mixture of salad greens, carrots, squash, crickets, and worms as part of his regular diet. What type of consumer is the iguana?
a) herbivore
b) omnivore
c) carnivore
d) decomposter

What is the source of energy for an autotroph?
a) animal
b) plant
c) fungus
d) sun

Which of the following are ALL examples of abiotic parts of an environment?
a) algae, fish, and bears
b) btrees, hills, and rivers
c) water, soil, and temperature
d) water, food, and a population

Which of the following answer choices correctly arranges the levels of environmental organization in order of smallest to largest?
a) organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere
b) organism, community, population, ecosystem, biosphere
c) organism, population, community, biosphere, ecosystem
d) biosphere, ecosystem, community, population, organism

In certain ecosystem, there is a population of wolves that feed primarily on a population of rabbits. If there is plenty of rabbit food for several years, the rabbit population increases. What will most likely be the result for the wolf population
a) The wolf population will increase
b) The wolf population will decrease
c) The wolf population will stay the same
d) The wolf population will go extinct

Herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores all belong to what category?
a) predators
b) producers
c) consumers
d) decomposers

If you saw a heterotroph in the forest, what would it most likely be doing?
a) Soaking up the sunlight to make food
b) Absorbing nutrients from animal waste
c) Eating the berries from a low-lying tree
d) Making oxygen for organisms to breathe

Grass that gains energy from the sun in an example of which category?
a) Autotroph
b) Heterotroph
c) Omnivore
d) Decomposer

If all of the AUTOTROPHS were removed from an ecosystem, what would happen to the number of HETEROTROPHS?
a) Increase
b) Decrease
c) Stay the same
d) Not enough information to answer this question

Which organism in this food web is responsible for returning nutrients to the soil?
a) American plum because it is an autotroph
b) Golden mycena because it is a decomposer
c) Metallic Wood Borer because it is a consumer
d) White Tailed deer because it is an herbivore

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