Ecology Key Terms

Living or once-living organisms in an ecosystem are called ___________.

• abiotic factor
• biotic factor
• non-living
• life

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Nonliving elements in an ecosystem are called _______________. 

• biotic factor
• abiotic factor
• limiting factor
• carrying capacity 

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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

An individual living things,such as animals or a plants,is called an

• Animal

• plant

• Organism

• Nutrition

What process occurs when light energy is captured in autotrophs and converted into sugar?

• Photosynthesis
• Cellular Respiration

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A relationship between two species where one benefits while the other is harmed.

• Mutualism
• Commensalism
• Parasitism
• Naturalism

A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unharmed

• Mutualism 
• Competition
• Parasitsm 
• Commensalism 

A relationship between two organisms in which both organisms benefit. 

• Mutualism 
• Competition
• Parasitsm 
• Commensalism 

A relationship in which two species live closely together.

• resource
• mutualism
• succession
• symbiosis