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100

Light and temperature are both examples of ______ factors.

Abiotic

100

A frog perches on a lily pad to get a better angle to hunt insects flying over the pond. The frog benefits and the lily pad is neither helped nor harmed. This is an example of what symbiotic relationship?

Commensalism

100

______ results in overcrowding, a lack of resources, and an unhealthy environment.

Overpopulation

100

A wilted vine and a flower are examples of ________ factors.

Biotic

100
The arrows in a food web point in the direction of how energy is transferred to the animal that is _______.

Eating

200

A small plant is eaten by a deer. The deer is eaten by a wolf. This is an example of _______.

Predation

200

Which organism would correctly complete the food web:

Human, Butterfly, Toad, or Fern?

Toad

200

A leech attaching to a human's arm is an example of what type of symbiotic relationship?

Parasitism

200

______ is the largest population that an environment can support.

Carrying Capacity

200

A ________ is the combination of all the food chains in the ecosystem.

Food Web

300

On an energy pyramid, what are the 3rd level consumers?

Tertiary Consumers

300

Lactobacillus is a bacterium found in human intestines. This bacterium aids in digestion while the human provides an environment for the bacterium to live. This is an example of what kind of symbiotic relationship?

Mutualism

300

Biomes are part of the ________--the part of the Earth that supports life.

Biosphere

300

When two members of the same species fight over who gets a certain food, this is an example of ______.

Competition

300

Every organism on Earth lives in an _______.

Ecosystem

400

Which would correctly complete the food chain:

Wolf, Carrot, Cow, or Snake?

Carrot

400

List the levels of organization from least complex to most complex.

Organism > Population > Community > Ecosystem

400

________ biomes include saltwater and freshwater areas.

Aquatic

400

Sunlight > Grass > Zebra > Lion

If disease strikes the zebra population in the food chain, the population of lions would ______.

Decrease

400

Population size will _______ if a large number of organisms are born or move into an area.

Increase

500
What would be a biotic factor that meets the needs of a fish in a small pond?

Plants that exchange gases with the water.

500

Using the food web, what is the predator of the earthworm?

Duck

500

Species make up _______, which make up communities.

Populations

500

Fewer swans build nests along the river when the water level rises. This is an example of a population affected by changes in the ________.

Environment

500

_______ biomes include forests, deserts, tundra, and grasslands.

Terrestrial

600

Which organism correctly completes the food chain:

Owl, Beetle, Pig, or Sunflower?

Beetle

600

Using the food web, what is the predator of algae?

Tadpole

600

Which organism correctly completes the food web:

Turtle, Horse, Tree, or Coyote?


Coyote
600

On an energy pyramid, what are the 1st level consumers?

Primary Consumers

600

Which organism correctly completes the food chain:

Fox, Carrot, Rabbit, or Spider?

Fox