Ecology Ch. 1-4

Ecology is the study of . . .

• only the living things in the environment

• only the nonliving things in the environment

• how living things interact with each other and the nonliving things in the environment

• scientists who perform research on living things

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What term do ecologists use to describe where an organism lives?

• ecosystem

• ecologist

• habitat

• population

What is a species?

• different animals that compete for the same resources

• a group of similar organisms that can reproduce with each other

• a group of organisms that lives together

• a group of organisms that are physically and functionally different from each other

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What is a population?

• different animals that compete for the same resources

• a group of similar organisms that can reproduce with each other

• a group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area

• a group of organisms that are physically and functionally very different from each other

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What term do ecologists use to describe the surroundings in which an organism lives?

• habitat

• ecosystem

• population

• environment

What is a living thing?

• an organism that can grow and reproduce

• any substance that is made by an organism

• something that an organism depends on in order to surviv

• all of these

Which of the following is an example of a living thing?

• a bacterium

• a shell

• water

• sweat

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Which of the following is NOT a nonliving thing?

• milk

• sun

• wood

• rocks

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Factors that make up the chemical and physical part of the ecosystem are . . .

• biotic factors

• abiotic factors

• bionic factoids

• abionic factoids

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What type of organism can make its own food?

• consumers

• heterotrophs

• decomposers

• producers

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