Foundations Of Ecology

Check all of the following which are properties of life.

• Order

• Homeostasis

• Growth & Development

• Respond & Regulate

• Produce energy

What is the study of interactions of living organisms with one another as well as interactions with the physical environment?

• Ecology

• Ecosystem

• Ecologist

What is a living system such as animals, plants, fungi, protists, and bacteria?

• Individual

• Population

• Communities

• Ecosystem

• Biosphere

Identify which term is the sum of all ecosystems.

• Individual

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Biosphere

Which of the following can be defined as being made up of all the organisms in an area and the abiotic factors that influence that community?

• Individual

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Biosphere

What is a group of organisms be longing to the same species that live in the same area and compete for the same resources?

• Individual

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Biosphere

Which of the following can be defined as a collection of interacting population and includes the "biotic" factors of an area?

• Individual

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Biosphere

Biotic factors are nonliving factors.

• True

• False

Abiotic factors could include which of the following.

• Rainfall

• Algae

• Light

• Air

This gas _____________ was not very prevalent when the earth was formed.

• carbon dioxide CO₂

• Nitrogen N₂

• Oxygen O₂