Kelp Forest Vocab

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

• community
• habitat
• population
• ecosystem

What are the two main parts of an ecosystem?

• Animals and plants

• Habitat and ecosystem

• Habitat and rocks

• Living and non living things

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What is a food chain?

• The flow of energy from one thing to another

• The way animals eat each other

• The way the sun makes everything

• How the plants grow

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What is a producer? 

• Organism that creates their own food.
• Organism that eat other organisms for energy
• Organism that eat other dead organisms

What is a consumer? 

• Organism that creates their own food.
• Organism that eat other organisms for energy
• Organism that eat other dead organisms

What is species diversity?

• the different animals in an area

• the different habitats in an area

• the different plants in an area

• the different living things (plants and animals) in an area

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What is a keystone species?

• A species that helps to hold an ecosystem together

• A species that lives in or around rocks

• Keys and stones have nothing to do with ecology

• A keystone isn't a living thing, it's just a stone

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These species contribute to the physical world around where they live. They modify, create and maintain habitats.

• Flagship Species

• Predators

• Keystone Species

• Ecosystem Engineers

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What do you call ONE species all living in the same environment?

• Population
• Community
• Ecosystem
• Biome

What do you call it when two or more species are competing for the same resources?

• Competition
• Predation
• Commensalism
• Mutualism