Ecology Vocabulary Question Preview (ID: 61200)


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Which organism is the tertiary consumer in the food chain: shrub →beetle → frog → fox
a) fox
b) frog
c) beetle
d) shrub

How to heterotrophs obtain energy?
a) Use sunlight to make food
b) Eat other organisms
c)
d)

Which organism is the primary consumer in the food chain: shrub →beetle → frog → fox
a) fox
b) frog
c) beetle
d) shrub

Which organism is NOT a heterotroph in the food chain: shrub →beetle → frog → fox
a) fox
b) frog
c) beetle
d) shrub

What kind of environmental factor is soil?
a) biotic
b) abiotic
c)
d)

Which of the following is a biotic factor?
a) Ultraviolet light from the sun.
b) Algae doing photosynthesis.
c) Air moving from wind.
d) Rain falling from clouds.

Which of the following is an abiotic factor?
a) Bacteria breaking down a dead lion.
b) The amount of trees or grass in an area.
c) The temperature in an area.
d) The number of rabbit offspring per season.

A model that shows the feeding relationships between all the plants and animals in an ecosystem.
a) food web
b) energy pyramid
c) food chain
d)

This term refers to the resources an organism uses in its area.
a) habitat
b) carrying capacity
c) niche
d) autotroph

The amount of life an area can support is known as its
a) food web
b) food chain
c) keystone species
d) carrying capacity

An ecosystem will dramatically change if this organism is removed.
a) keystone species
b) predator
c) carrying capacity
d)

Which organism is the autotroph in the food chain: shrub →beetle → frog → fox
a) fox
b) frog
c) beetle
d) shrub

An animal that feeds on secondary consumers is a
a) producer (autotroph)
b) herbivore
c) tertiary consumer
d) primary consumer

Secondary consumers feed on
a) herbivores
b) producers
c) plants and animals
d) dead organisms

Primary consumers feed on
a) herbivores
b) producers
c) plants and animals
d) dead organisms

The living organisms in an environment.
a) abiotic
b) biotic
c) ecosystem
d)

An organism that makes its own food from sunlight.
a) consumer
b) herbivore
c) omnivore
d) autotroph (producer)

The living and non-living factors in an environment.
a) biotic
b) abiotic
c) ecosystem
d)

The study of how living and non-living factors interact in the environment.
a) ecology
b) chemistry
c) meteorology
d) genetics

Which organism is the secondary consumer in the food chain: shrub →beetle → frog → fox
a) fox
b) frog
c) beetle
d) shrub

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