Ecology

All of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other are called a/an ______.

• community
• habitat
• population
• ecosystem

The living part of an ecosystem

• Biotic
• Abiotic
• Mother Earth
• Flowers

The non-living part of an ecosystem

• Ocean
• Lava Flow
• Birds
• Abiotic

Different populations living and interacting with each other in the same area

• Biome
• Ecosystem
• Community
• Niche

Two or more members of a particular species living and interacting in the same area

• Community
• Population
• Organisms
• Biosphere

Members of a species in a defined area

• Ecosystem
• community
• biodiversity
• population

Organisms that relies on other organisms for food; consumer

• herbivore
• decomposer
• heterotroph
• species

What may happen if the snowshoe hare was removed from the food web pictured?

• The insects in the habitat would increase.
• The shrew population would decrease due to being only hawk food source.
• The willow tree population would decrease.
• Foxes would dies due to no food source. 

In the energy pyramid here, how much of the energy in the producers gets passed to the herbivores?

• 10%
• 20%
• 80%
• 90%

What is it called when water is changed from a liquid to a gas?

• EVAPORATION
• PRECIPITATION
• TRANSPIRATION