Environmental Science Unit 3 Test

An ecosystem contains living and nonliving things.

• True
• False

Which of the following is a population?

• hawks, barred owls, and eagles on NC coast
• mountain stream
• all the frogs in a pond
• blue-tailed skinks (lizards) around a barn

A place where an organism lives.

• Terrain
• Habitat
• Community
• Population

A collection of organisms that belong to different populations but all live in the same area and interact with one another.

• Population
• Ecosystem
• Community
• Ecosphere

A collection of organisms that make up a community as well as all of the nonliving aspects of the environment.

• Population
• Community
• Habitat
• Ecosystem

The role or function or job of a species in a community.

• habitat
• diet
• niche
• ecosystem

Two organisms that are so similar they can interbreed in nature and produce fertile offspring

• biotic factor
• herbivore
• ecosystem
• species

Part of the earth that living organisms inhabit...

• biosphere
• biome
• niche
• ecosystem

Minks, muskrats, and cattails would be a:

• community
• population
• ecosystem
• population

The nine-banded armadillo is the most widespread armadillo in the world. It scavenges for food at night eating mostly termites and ants. This describes the armadillo's

• Habitat
• Niche
• Level of organization
• Ecology