Ecology Vocabulary Review

Rocks, temperature, and water are what part of the environment?

• Biotic
• Abiotic
• Population
• Living

The maintenance of a stable internal environment is ....

• Stimuls
• Homeostasis

Organisms that create their own food are.....

• Autotrophs
• Heterotrophs

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A change that affects the activity of the organism

• Stimulus
• Homeostasis

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Homeostasis is vital to an organism because it allows the organism to

• Grow at the fastest rate possible
• Reproduce even when conditions are unfavorable
• Camouflage against its background
• Maintain a stable internal environment

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Which is a mechanism some animal species have developed so that they move from one place to another to breed or feed when weather conditions change?

• Migrate
• Hibernate

The five levels of organization in the environment, from first to fifth level are

• Organism, population, biosphere, ecosystem, community
• Organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere
• Organism, population, biosphere, abiotic elements, ecology

A group of organisms of the same species living in the same area is

• A community
• A population
• An organism
• An ecosystem

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of life?

• Reproduce
• Have cells
• Adapt to surroundings
• Die

What are the following factors called: sunlight, H2O, oxygen, temperature, and sunlight

• BIotic factors
• Abiotic factors

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