Ecology Review

Ecology is the study of .

• life

• Interactions among organisms and their environments

• interactions among organisms

• how traits are passed from parents to offspring

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

• Autotroph
• Producer
• Consumer
• Mutualist

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Where an organism lives

• habitat
• niche 
• heterotrogh
• biosphere

The nonliving aspects of an ecosystem.

• Abiotic factors
• Biotic factors

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The living portions of the ecosystem.

• Biotic factors
• Abiotic factors

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A collection of organisms that make up a community as well as all of the nonliving aspects of the environment.

• Population
• Community
• Habitat
• Ecosystem

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One of any living thing is called a/an _______________.

• producer

• consumer

• biotic factor

• organism

When a population grows past the ecosystem's carrying capacity, what happens to the population?

• Continues to grow

• The population starts to die off until the numbers are below the carrying capacity

• The population will go extinct due to lack of resources

• The population grows then finds a new carrying capacity

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Large regions characterized by climate and communities of species grouped together

• biotic

• abiotic

• biomes

• tropical

The patterns that weather forms in an area over seasons and years is known as that region's ____________

• Weather

• Season

• Climate

• Global Warming

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