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Ch 18 Major Test
Review for Ch 18 Major test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| One food web arrow goes from a prairie dog to a coyote, showing that | the coyote eats the praire dog |
| Organisms that can make their own food from sunlight are called | producers |
| Grass is eaten by a prairie dog, the prairie dog is eaten by a coyote. This is an example of a | food chain |
| What word describes the mammals, fish, birds and plants that live in an environment? | biotic |
| Which of the following is abiotic: squirrel, grass, alligator, water? | water |
| A community is several species of animals interacting, while a population is | members of one species in an area |
| The five levels of organization in the environment from first (smallest) to fifth level (largest) is | organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere |
| A environmental study reporting on the way temperature, water quality and minerals affect the animals ina salt marsh would be what level of organization? | ecosystem |
| Grass that gains energy from the sun is an example of a | producer |
| What is the lowest level of environmental organization that three male elephants would all belong in together? | community |
| Populations of organisms that live in and interact in a particular area form a | community |
| Rocks, temperature and water are the _____ part of the environment | abiotic |
| What living things make food from sunlight? | producers |
| A diagram with arrows showing energy flow from grass to a rabbit to a fox is | a food chain |
| What do several different populations living together make? | a community |
| The study of interactions between living things and their environment is | ecology |
| If scientists are studying the birds, fish, crabs and grass but not the water or rocks in a salt marsh, what level of organization would they be studying? | community |
| The plants a ladybug lives on, the aphids the ladybug eats and the birds that eat the ladybug are all | biotic elements |
| Animals that eat plants and animals are | omnivores |
| A complex diagram showing food energy going from one living thing to another and includes all the feeding relationships in an area is a | food web |
| The part of Earth where life exists is the | biosphere |
| Living things that make their own food from sunlight are | producers |
| A river carrying nutrients is a _____ factor that helps the ecosystem | abiotic |
| A food web shows energy connections better than a | food chain |
| A group of organisms of the same species living in the same area | population |
| All the populations of living things in the same place are a | community |
| Plants, animals and all living things are _____ factors | biotic |
| Two or more individuals of the same kind living together are a | population |
| The study of the interactions of living organisms with each other and the environment | ecology |
| A community of organisms and their abiotic environment | ecosystem |
| The part of Earth where life exists | biosphere |
| A triangular diagram that shows an ecosystem's loss of energy | energy pyramid |
| All the populations of species that live and interact in the same habitat | community |
| An organism that eats only plants | herbivore |
| An organism that eats only animals | carnivore |
| An organism that eats both plants and animals | omnivore |
| A simple diagram that shows how energy in food flows from one organism to another | food chain |
| The non living part of the environment | abiotic |
| A more complex diagram that shows multiple feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem | food web |
| A spider that feeds on live insects is an example of a(n) _________________ | predator |
| an organism that is killed and eaten by another organism | prey |
| a relationship between two species in which both species benefit | mutualism |
| a relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed | parasitism |
| a relationship in which two different organisms live in close association with each other | symbiosis |
| a relationship between two organisms in which one benefits and the other is not affected | commensalism |
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