Ecology Vocab Review

The combination of living organisms, their physical environment, and all their interrelationships is known as

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Air, water, light, minerals, and temperature are all what kind of factors?

• Abiotic

• Living

• Biotic

• Block

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All the organisms of a certain kind in a particular place is known as

• Biosphere

• Carrying capacity

• Population

• Ecological niche

_______ are organisms that feed by breaking down organic matter from dead organisms.

One of the steps in a food chain or food pyramid is called _______ ______.

Limiting factors stop a population from growing endlessly.

• True

• False

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Humans are

• carnivores

• omnivores

• herbivores

• detritivores

A sequence of food (energy) transfer from sunlight -> grass -> rabbits -> snakes -> hawks is known as _____ ______.

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What is an example of a producer in an ecosystem?

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Name a tertiary consumer

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