Living Things and the Environment ch. 14.1 Quiz 17-18

What is ecology?

• The study of living things.
• The study of animals and plants.
• The study of living and nonliving things.
• The study of how organisms interact with their environment.

Which is NOT an abiotic factor?

• grass

• rocks

• oxygen

• water

An environment that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce is its ________.

• ecosystem

• community

• habitat

• population

A biotic factor in an organism's habitiat is _________.

• something that is not alive

• something that is living or was once living

• a group of species

• a group of communities

Which lists the levels of an ecosystem in order from smallest to largest?

• ecosystem, community, population, organism

• community, population, organism, ecosystem

• organism, population, community, ecosystem

• organism, community, population, ecosystem

An organism's habitat must possess all of the following except...

• food
• water
• predators
• shelter

The community of organisms that live in a particular area along with the non-living surroundings as well...

• Population
• Community
• Ecosystem

What does an organism get from its environment?

• food and water

• shelter

• things it needs to live, grow, and reproduce

• all of these

A population is...

• a nonliving thing
• all the different populations living in an area
  
• all living and non living things in an area
• all members of one species living in an area
  

A community is...

• a living thing
• all the different populations living in an area
  
• all living and non living things in an area
• all members of one species living in an area