A tick sucks the blood from a dog. In this relationship the tick is the ______ and the dog is the ______.
What is parasite and host
100
The environment includes ______ factors including water, rocks, and light.
What is abiotic
100
What is the primary source of energy that flows through food webs on land?
What is sun
100
Which organism does the base of an energy pyramid represent
What is producers
200
Remoras and sharks have a relationship that is best described as
What is commensalism
200
The environment includes _______, or living, factors.
What is biotic
200
If fish in a river begin to die because of pollution, what may happen to the river ecosystem?
What is all organisms will be affected
300
A beneficial association between coral and algae is an example of
What is mutualism
300
Resources such as water, food, or sunlight are likely to be limiting factors
What is when the population is near carrying capacity
300
A community of organisms and their environment is called a(n)
What is community
400
The characteristics of a praying mantis allow it to be camouflaged by the green stems of plants. While camouflaged, a praying mantis can feed on other insects that inhabit or feed on a plant. If the praying mantis feed on natural predators of a plant, what type of relationship is occurring between the praying mantis and the plant?
What is mutualism
500
Which of the following answer choices correctly arranges the levels of environmental organization in order from smallest to largest?
What is Organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere
500
Which of the following is the correct order in a food chain?
a. Sun> consumer> predators> parasites>
hosts
b. Sun> producers> herbivores> scavengers> carnivores
c. Sun> producers> herbivores> carnivores> scavengers
d. Sun> producers> decomposers> consumers> omnivores
What is c
500
Which of the following statements best describe a food web?
a. A black bear eats fruit and then spreads the fruit’s seeds through its excrements
b. Many individual organisms of the same species that live in the same space and that share resources
c. All life is connected by the transfer of energy and matter among organisms and their environment
d. A system made up of a community of organisms and their environment