Ecology 3-1 & 3-2 Vocabulary Quiz

The scientific study of interactions of living things with each other and their relationships with their environments.

• Ecology

• Population

• Ecosystem

• Community

The combined portions of the planet is which all life exists.

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Biome

• Biosphere

A group of organisms so closely similar to on another that they can breed and produce fertile offspring.

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Species

• Population

A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area.

• Community

• Population

• Ecosystem

• Biosphere

Different populations of species living in the same area interacting with one another.

• Communities

• Ecosystems

• Populations

• Biome

A group of ecosystems that have the same climate and similar dominant communities.

• Biosphere

• Biome

• Community

• Ecosystem

Producers that make their own food.

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

• Herbivores

• Carnivores

Organisms that capture energy from sunlight or chemicals for their food and food for others.

• Heterotrophs

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

Consumers that have to get food from other organsims.

• Decomposers

• Producers

• Heterotrophs

• Carnivores

Organisms that depend on others for food

• Plants

• Autotrophs

• Producers

• Consumers