Ecology Quiz Redo

In an ________________, you will find all different communities living and interacting together.

• Population
• Ecosystem
• Species
• Biosphere

In our “Oh, Deer” activity, we saw that water, food, and shelter acted as ___________ ____________. These also helped to keep our carrying capacity in check

• limited features
• abiotic factors
• biotic factors
• limited resources

1.  This is a nonliving factor, such as temperature.

• abiotic
• biotic

1.  This term can be described as an organism’s role or position within their community.

• habitat
• community
• worker bee
• niche

1.  This is an environmental feature that prevents an organism or population from reaching its full potential of distribution or activity. Without these, a population might become overpopulated.

• limiting resource
• limiting factor
• competition

  1.  A lion chasing, catching, and consuming a gazelle for energy is an example of a parasitic relationship.

• True
• False

1.  An insect living on a larger beetle and eating other microscopic parasites from the beetle (that could harm the beetle) is an example of a mutualistic relationship.

• True
• False

1.  A bird follows a cow through a field so that the bird can eat the organisms that come up in the dirt as the cow walks through the field is an example of a predator-prey relationship.

• True
• False

1.  Please choose the option that lists the ecological levels from SMALLEST to LARGEST.

• Organism, Biosphere, Ecosystem, Community, Population
• a.  Organism, Ecosystem, Biosphere, Population, Community
• a.  Organism, Population, Community, Ecosystem, Biosphere

A food chain uses these to show the flow of energy

• lines
• dashes
• arrows