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__________ for biotic and abiotic factors strengthens the population as usually the strongest organism survive
a) Competition
b) Niche
c) Hunting
d) Agriculture
Mercury accumulates in large marine fish, making eating fish like Tuna dangerous to eat. Which of these is NOT how mercury got into the ocean?
a) Toxic chemicals from factories and cities wash into rivers and collect in the Earth's oceans
b) Various toxins in runoff water collect in fish either killing them directly or making the fish poisonous to humans
c) Burning coal in factories and electrical power plants release mercury into the air which deposits in the ocean
d) Fish prefer the taste of mercury and eat mercury deposits found under the ocean at plate boundaries
Humans depend on _____ to circulate temperatures and ________ temperatures regulate Earth's climate and weather
a) Ocean
b) Grasslands
c) Atlantic Current
d) Polar Vortex
Current organisms die, which could cause future species to be in distress; Temporary relocation could become permanent; Behavioral Changes
a) Short term effects
b) Short term change
c) Long term effects
d) Long term change
Causes the organism to adapt to a new environment, permanent relocation, extinction, changes to DNA
a) Long term effects
b) Long term change
c) Short term effects
d) Short term change
More complex diagram; better representation of what actually happens in nature
a) Food Web
b) Food Chain
c) Energy Pyramid
d) Ecosystem
An organism's role or job in an ecosystem
a) Niche
b) Prey
c) Producer
d) Predator
An environmental change that occurs quickly and affects organisms immediately (causing behavioral adaptations)
a) Short term change
b) Long term change
c) Short term effects
d) Long term effects
This starts with energy from the sun and follows creatures eating plants and other creatures
a) Food Chain
b) Food Web
c) Ecosystem
d) Energy Pyramid
An organism that eats only plants for energy
a) Herbivore
b) Prey
c) Omnivore
d) Producer
This is a model of energy flow in a community. As each level moves up, 10% of the energy is lost and 90% passes on.
a) Energy Pyramid
b) Food Chain
c) Food Web
d) Ecosystem
An organism that is hunted by a predator
a) Prey
b) Predator
c) Herbivore
d) Omnivore
An organism that hunts prey for food and energy.
a) Predator
b) Consumer
c) Carnivore
d) Parasite
An organism that eats animals (meat) for energy
a) Carnivore
b) Omnivore
c) Parasite
d) Consumer
An organism that consumes either producers or other consumers for energy.
a) Consumer
b) Producer
c) Omnivore
d) Host
An organism which parasites live on and take energy from
a) Host
b) Herbivore
c) Parasite
d) Predator
An organism that lives off another organism and uses it for energy.
a) Parasite
b) Producer
c) Consumer
d) Host
An organism that produces it's own energy from the sun, rather than by eating.
a) Producer
b) Consumer
c) Herbivore
d) Omnivore
Which one of these is NOT a category of Earth's ecosystems?
a) Underground
b) Marine
c) Freshwater
d) Terrestrial
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