Ecology Review

All the living and nonliving things in an area make up what?

What word is defined as the study of interactions among organisms and their environment?

• Ecosystem

• Ecology

• Organism

• Population

What do you call all the organisms in an ecosystem that belong to the same species?

• Ecosystem

• Population

• Organism

• Community

All the populations in an ecosystem make up what?

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Population

• Biome

The part of the earth that can support life is called a __________________.

• Biome

• Biosphere

• Biology

• Ecosystem

An organism's role in its environment; how it survives, gets food, selects mates, etc, is called what?

• population

• job

• niche

• competition

The largest number of individuals of a species that the environment can support over time is what?

• limiting factor

• abiotic factor

• biotic factor

• carrying capacity

What phrase is defined as anything that restricts how big a population can get?

• limiting factor

• abiotic factor

• biotic factor

• carrying capacity

What takes place when more than one organism seeks the same resource at the same time?

• population

• job

• niche

• competition

Q: When predators are in an area what increases?

• number of species

• population sizes

• open shelter

• food sources