Intro to Ecology: Species, Population, and Community
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What is the scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and the environment?

  • Biology
  • Environmental Science
  • Conservation
  • Ecology (correct)

What is the term for the combined portions of the planet where all life exists?

  • Habitat
  • Biome
  • Biosphere (correct)
  • Ecosystem

What is the term for a group of organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring?

  • Species (correct)
  • Community
  • Ecosystem
  • Population

What are the physical, non-living factors that influence an ecosystem?

<p>Abiotic Factors (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a collection of all organisms that live in a particular place together with their non-living environment?

<p>Ecosystem (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What provides populations of wildlife with food, water, shelter, and space?

<p>Habitat (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the full range of physical and biological conditions in which an organism lives?

<p>Niche (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the process of water moving from the ground into the soil called?

<p>Infiltration (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a part of the water cycle?

<p>Photosynthesis (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the process by which plants produce food from sunlight or chemicals?

<p>Photosynthesis (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the flow of energy through an ecosystem necessary for?

<p>The ability to sustain life (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the waste product released by plants into the atmosphere?

<p>O2 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for an ecosystem that is very small, such as an aquarium?

<p>Microcosm (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a species that has a significant impact on a community despite not being abundant?

<p>Keystone species (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a harmless species that mimics an unpalatable or harmful species?

<p>Batesian mimicry (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the process by which energy is transferred through an ecosystem?

<p>Energy flow (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for two or more unpalatable species that resemble each other?

<p>Müllerian mimicry (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a group of organisms living in a community, along with all the abiotic factors they interact with?

<p>Ecosystem (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the process by which energy from light is converted to chemical energy?

<p>Photosynthesis (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the amount of energy available to consumers in an ecosystem?

<p>Net primary production (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following organisms feed on dead organic matter?

<p>Decomposers (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the percentage of production transferred from one trophic level to the next?

<p>5-20% (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the amount of energy converted to biomass by consumers during a given period of time?

<p>Secondary production (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a type of consumer?

<p>Autotrophs (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does a pyramid of net production represent?

<p>The loss of energy with each transfer in a food chain (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens to toxins in a food web?

<p>They become more concentrated at higher trophic levels (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is species diversity?

<p>The variety of species in an ecosystem or throughout the biosphere (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an endangered species?

<p>A species that is in danger of becoming extinct throughout its range (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is biological magnification?

<p>The concentration of toxins at higher trophic levels of a food web (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is ecosystem diversity?

<p>The variety of ecosystems in the biosphere (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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