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This term describes the role, or job, of any organism in any ecosystem.
What is a niche?
Identify the option that only includes aquatic ecosystems.
A. forest, woods, and grasslands
B. oceans, lakes, and saltwater marshes
C. rivers, forest, and shrubs
D. cities, towns, and shrubs
What is oceans, lakes, and saltwater marshes?
Scientists are studying the ecosystem found in a Florida estuary. They are reporting a decrease in
animal population. Which of the following is likely to a contributing factor to this population drop?
A. The animals are getting better at hiding from the scientist.
B. The turtle grass that serves as a food source is growing.
C. The animals are living underground to keep away from desert heat.
D. The water levels are rising causing animals to move to better locations.
What is the water levels are rising causing aniamls to move to better locations?
The following would be considered a decomposer:
worm salmon crab shrimp
What is a crab?
Identify the interaction in which both organisms benefit, and name the symobiotic relationship.
A. a flea living on a dog
B. a bee pollinating a flower
C. a tapeworm living inside an animal
D. a mosquito biting a perso
What is a bee pollinating a flower and mutualism?
Decaying plants and animals are important to an ecosystem because they ________.
What is recycle/return nutrients to the soil?
This term best describes a group of different populations that live in the same ecosystem.
What is a community?
Dear live in forests for shelters. If the forest were destroyed, identify what would happen to the deer population.
A. The deer would find shelter in a different habitat.
B. The deer would wait for the forest to grow back.
C. The deer would move to another forest area.
D. The deer would change the type of foods they eat.
What is the dear would move to another forest area?
This type of organism only feeds on meat.
What is a carnivore?
Identify the relationship that is NOT an example of a parasite feeding on its host:
A. a tapeworm latches onto the inside of an animal's intestine and begins to feed.
B. a flea latches on to its host and begins to feeds off of its blood.
C. a mosquito lands on an animal, bites it, and then flies off to find another creature.
D. a heartworm blocking its hosts heart from receiving blood while it feeds.
What is a mosquito lands on an animals, bites it, and t hen flies off to find another creature.
This is the primary source of energy in most communities or ecosystems.
What is the sun?
A student observed a group of ducks swimming in a lake. This term best classifies the group of ducks.
What is a population?
If a habitat with a small pond goes through a long drought, identify which of the following is MOST likely to happen to many of the fish in the pond.
A. They would adapt to the dry environment.
B. They would live on other sources of water.
C. They would move to another habitat.
D. They would be unable to survive.
What is they would be unable to survive?
Name the type of animals that only eat plants.
What is a herbivore?
Identify the predator prey relationship that lists the prey first:
shark and shrimp
fly and frog
wolf and rabbit
cat and mouse
What is the fly and and frog?
Identify the statement best explains how the role of an organism in a food chain is described.
A. The role of an organism in a food chain is described by the organism’s size.
B. The role of an organism in a food chain is described by the way it gets its energy.
C. The role of an organism in a food chain is described by the organism’s lifespan.
D. The role of an organism in a food chain is described by the speed of the organism.
What is the role of an organism in a food chain is described by the way it gets its energy.
The blue heron is a species of bird commonly found searching for tiny aquatic organisms in saltwater marshes of South Carolina. This is th e aquatic ecosystem that a blue heron MOST likely be found in.
What is an estuary?
Identify the scenario that shows how a limiting factor could create an imbalance in an ecosystem:
A. A beaver creates a dam on a different river than it did last year.
B. A group of prairie dogs dig a new section of tunnel to expand their home.
C. A fungus kills many different types of pine trees in a forest.
D. A family of deer move their home to a different part of a forest.
What is a fungus kills many different types of pine trees in a forest?
In a typical food chain, _____ use the Sun’s energy to make their own food; then they are eaten by an animal which is then eaten by another animal.
What are producers?
An organism claims a spot either on the inside or outside of another living creature. Once it is secure, it begins to feed on the animal that now serves as its host. While it feeds, it harms the host, slowly - in some cases - bringing about the hosts eventual death. Name the organism that harms the host.
What is a parasite?
Consider what you know about the energy pyramid found in any ecosystem. Identify the organisms that contain the most energy:
carnivores
consumers
scavengers
producersWhat are the producers?
Identifying the best definition of an ecosystem:
A. An ecosystem is made up of a few living organisms and their nonliving surroundings in an environment..
B. An ecosystem is only made up of nonliving factors in an environment.
C. An ecosystem is only made up of living organisms in an environment.
D. An ecosystem is made up of all the living organisms and their nonliving surroundings in an environment.
What is an ecosystem is made up of all the living organisms and their nonliving surroundings in an environment?
Identifying which activity would help protect the natural habitats of animals:
A. building an apartment complex
B. allowing fishing in more rivers
C. creating a zoo for endangered species
D. limiting construction in wooded areas
What is limiting construction in wooded areas?
An alligator eats plants, such as fruits, and fish. Therefore, it is classified as _____.
What is an omnivore?
Name the organisms that serve as a home or source for a parasite.
What is a host?