Unit 8 Vocabulary

What is ecology?

• the study of life

• the study of the interactions (connections) among living things, and between living things and their environment

• the study of fossils, embryos, homologous structures and how they are evidence of our evolution from a common ancestor

• the study of atoms, molecules, organelles and cells

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

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.

What is an ecosystem?

• The interactions among living and non-living things in an environment.

• A type of organism that can only be seen with a microscope.

• A bunch of moving parts that do work.

• The newest craze in social media.

An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:

• Autotroph
• Producer
• Consumer
• Mutualist

The nonliving parts of an ecosystem.

• Abiotic factors

• Biotic factors

The living portions of the ecosystem.

• Biotic factors
• Abiotic factors

Plants that convert energy from the sun are also called

• decomposers

• primary consumers

• secondary consumers

• producers

What are the abiotic factors in this image?

• water, sunlight, dirt, air

• birds and plants

• birds, water, dirt

• plants, water

The study of how living things interact with one another and with their environment.

• Biology
• Lithology
• Ecology
• Farmacology