Ecology 1-2 Vocabulary

Ecology is all about...

• Animals

• Food Chains

• Autotrophs

• Interactions

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What is each level on a food pyramid or food chain called?

• Energy Pyramind

• Trophic Level

• Limiting Factor

The frog eats the cricket. Give 3 words to describe the frog.

• primary consumer (1°), carnivore, autotroph

• secondary consumer (2°), herbivore, heterotroph

• primary consumer (1°), omnivore, heterotroph

• secondary consumer (2°), carnivore, heterotroph

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What is a population?

• groups of different species living in the same area

• group of the same species living in the same area

• includes all of the organisms and non-living things in an area

• major regional or global community

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What is a community?

• Different populations of organisms living in the same environment.

• One population of organism living in the same environment.

• Different populations of organisms living in more than two environments.

• One population of organism living in more than two environments.

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In an ecosystem, living things are called _ and non-living things are called _.

• biotic, abiotic

• abiotic, biotic

• organisms, decomposers

• herbivores, decomposers

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What do the arrows show in the food web?

• they show which organisms are doing cellular respiration

• they show which way the energy is flowing

• they show which organisms are doing photosynthesis

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Part of the earth’s surface that includes land, water, and atmosphere where living organisms exist

• Decomposer

• Ecosystem

• Population

• Biosphere

All of the interacting species within a particular ecosystem

• Population

• Biome

• Organism

• Community

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Heterotrophic organisms that must consume other organisms for survival

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Producer

• Organism

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