_____41. Study the Figure below and answer the question that follows.

What term describes a level of

organization that contains only one species

A. Ecosystem B. Community C. Population D. Biome E. Organism

_____ 42. Which of the following is ordered correctly from largest to smallest?

A. Organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome

B. Ecosystem, biome, community, population, organism
C. Biome, ecosystem, community, population, organism
D. Biome, ecosystem, population, community, organism

_____ 43. How do the activities of a keystone species affect the biodiversity of an ecosystem?

A. They increase biodiversity B. They decrease biodiversity

C. They have no effect on biodiversity D. Biodiversity remains the same but the species
change.

_____ 44. What term describes a consumer?

A. Heterotroph B. Autotroph C. Producer D. Chemosynthetic

_____ 45. What kind of organism provides the basis for an ecosystem's energy?

A. Heterotroph B. Autotroph C. Consumer D. Scavenger

ESSAY. Explain the following.

1. What happened to the plant's texture? Determine the type of Biogeochemical cycle that
the plant requires, and explain how it is significant to humans, animals, and plants.

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