Ecology Section 1 Quiz

What is Ecology?

• The study of Earth's Mantle
• The study of relationships between living things and their environment
• The study of humans and their impact on Earth
• The study of plants

Living things are made up of units called

• DNA

• Cells

• Homeostasis

• Seeds

The combination of chemical reactions through

which an organism builds up or breaks down

materials as it carries out its life processes is called ...

• absorption

• metabolism

• digestion

• consumption

organisms that can interbreed and produce viable offspring; group of offspring with a distinct evolutionary history

• Genus

• Species

• Families

• Communities

nonliving factors in an organisms environment

• Abiotic Factors

• Biotic Factors

• Biosphere

• Biome

is a large group of ecosystems that share the same climate and have similar types of communities

• Ecology

• Biome

• Population

• Biosphere

the position that an organism has in the environment...how it meets the needs for food, shelter, and reproduction

• Biome

• Population

• Niche

• Biosphere

biological community and all abiotic factors that affect it

• Biological Community

• Habitat

• Ecosystem

• Ecology

Living factors in an organisms environment

• Population

• Ecosystem

• Biotic Factors

• Biome

Area where an organism lives

• Habitat

• Biosphere

• Niche

• Biological Community