Competition in ecosystems vocab quiz

Different plant species inhabit the same area of a desert. The different plant species compete for water, sunlight, and space, among other factors. These non-living variables in an environment can best be described as __________.

• biotic

• abiotic

• predatory

• mutual

All living factors that make up the biological part of an environment in which many species live is known as:

• abiotic

• ecology

• biotic

• Lilo and Stitch

Nemo moves along the East Australian current among other individuals of different species. These different individuals are living and considered either single-celled or multi-celled. These life forms are called

• cellular creatures

• organisms

• eco-inhabitiant

• predator

An area where all biotic and abiotic factors interact in some way, characterized by weather, climate, and different species of plants and animals living there.

• ecology

• ecosystem

• ecoland

• plate tectonics

Plants rely on the nutrients found in soil to be able to grow. What is the relationship between plants and soil?

• Dependent Interaction

• Predatory

• Competitive Interaction

• Nothing, there is really no interaction

A squirrel feasts on a plant (producer) to obtain the energy it needs to survive. The squirrel is known as a:

• primary consumer

• producer

• secondary consumer

• tertiary consumer

An animal that obtains its energy by consuming other animals that are lower on the food chain is called a:

• plant eater

• producer

• competitor

• secondary consumer

Factors that organisms depend on for survival that may become scarce when there is an increase in competition for them are called:

• abiotic

• biotic

• limited resources

• interactions

Two or more interacting individuals of the same species located in the same area.

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

• The YMCA

Hawks and owls eat the same type of food and struggle with one another to get their food. What is this an example of?

• Competition

• Biotic factor

• Symbiosis

• Population