Intro to Ecoology

Which organism is a producer?

• a deer

• a mushroom

• an oak tree

• a bear

An organism that feeds on organic matter because it cannot produce it is known as a ____________.

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

A combination of the living organisms, the physical environment and their interrelationships in a specific unit of space is known as

• an ecosystem

• inorganic

• organic

• a population

Most plants use photosynthesis to create organic material from carbon dioxide in the air. What is a plant known as?

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

Autotrophs are also known as

• Primary consumer

• Secondary consumer

• Producer

• Decomposer

Consumers are also known as

• Autotrophs

• Heterotrophs

• Decomposers

• Detritivores

An individual belonging to a specific species

• Biotic
• Community
• Organism
• Reptile

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

• community
• habitat
• population
• ecosystem

An area where an organism finds food, shelter and water in a specific arrangement

• niche
• biosphere
• biome
• habitat

The living part of an ecosystem

• Biotic
• Abiotic
• Mother Earth
• Flowers