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Bechard Ecology
Study Guide for Ecology quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| nonliving part of environment, including water, rocks, light & Temperature | Abiotic |
| describes living factors in the environment | Biotic |
| relationship between 2 organism in which 1 benefits and the other is unaffected | commensalism |
| when 2 or more individuals or populations they to use the same resource, such as food, water, shelter, space or sunlight | Competition |
| organism that gets energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms or animal wastes and consuming or obsorbing the nutrients | Decomposer |
| community of living organism and their abiotic(non-living) environment | Ecosystem |
| relationship between 2 species in which both species benefits | Mutualism |
| organism that can make its own food by using energy from its surroundings | Producer |
| organism that eats all or part of another organism | Predator |
| organism that is killed and eaten by another organism | Prey |
| Which can be described as a species population in an ecosystem? All the honey bees in an orchard OR all the plants and animals in a pond? | all the honey bees in an orchard |
| What evidence best demonstrates that different organisms in an ecosystem depend on each other? Parasites often kill their hosts OR animals eat plants while plants need nutrients from decomposed animals | Animals eat plants while plants need nutrients from decomposed animals |
| What is the basic source of energy for all ecosystems? Solar energy, which is converted by plants OR nuclear energy, which is stored in Earth’s resources | Solar energy, which is converted by plants |
| Human beings eat chickens, turkeys, fish, cows, and pigs. What type of relationship does this illustrate?predator-prey OR parasite-host | predator-prey |
| Which is an example of mutualism? Ticks live off the blood of a deer OR Bees take pollen from flowers and spread it to other flowers | Bees take pollen from flowers and spread it to other flowers |
| Crayfish eat insects and snails. Sometimes crayfish will also eat plants and algae. Which best describes the role of the crayfish?producer OR consumer | consumer |
| Since foxes, coyotes, and weasels hunt snowshoe hares, how should these hunting animals be classified? predators OR parasites | predators |
| As you move up the energy pyramid, the amount of energy available increases or decreases? | decreases |
| True or False - it takes more 3rd order consumers than second order consumers to feed the producers | False |
| True or False - a community is all the living organisms in a specific area. | True |
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