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Ecology Unit Test

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  • Gas given off by plants and required by animals to respire
    Oxygen
  • Name the producer in the food web
    Grasses
  • A plant that is able to make it's own food through photosynthesis
    Producer
  • What would happen if the rabbit went extinct?
    (1) Fox would lose a food source and population might decline (2) Possible overgrowth of grass
  • The study of living organisms and their environment
    Ecology
  • Which level on the energy pyramid has the most organisms?
    The Bottom (Producers)
  • A group of organisms and their physical surroundings
    Ecosystem
  • The living parts (organisms) of an ecosystem.
    Biotic Factors
  • Name a 3rd level consumer from the food web
    Owl or Snake
  • The role or job of an organism
    Niche
  • A condition in the environment that may cause a change in the population
    Limiting Factor
  • The protection and wise use of natural resources
    Conservation
  • Gas given off when animals breathe and used by plants in photosynthesis
    Carbon Dioxide
  • An organism that gets its food from wastes and dead organisms and enriches the soil
    Decomposers
  • An organism that gets its energy from a green plant (or other living organism)
    Consumer
  • The nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
    Abiotic Factors
  • List the following in correct order from bottom to top on the energy pyramid: 2nd level consumer, 3rd level consumer, producer, 1st level consumer
    producer, 1st level, 2nd level, and 3rd level
  • All the plants and animals in an area
    Community
  • Name a 2nd level consumer in the food web
    Fox or Owl or Frog or Bird or Hawk
  • Name a 1st level consumer in the food web
    Rabbit or Mouse or Grasshopper