Principles of Ecology Test

the scientific study of the relationships among living organisms and the interactions the organisms have with their environment

• zoology

• biology

• ecology

A ____ is a physical, analytic or simulation-based and are used to understand complex ecological processes and predict how real ecosystems might change.

• graph

• model

• google

All parts of the Earth that contain life are part of the __________. Extends several kilometers above the Earth and deep into the ocean.

• ecosystem

• biosphere

• lithosphere

Living or once living are ___ factors.

• abiotic

• biotic

• animal

Non-living factors are ____.

• dead

• abiotic

• biotic

Any factor (biotic or abiotic) that restricts the numbers, reproduction, or distribution of organisms

• variable factors

• biotic factors

• limiting factors

The biotic and abiotic factors that affect whether an organism can survive and survive within a certain range of a particular factor, but cannot survive if there is too much or too little of the factor.

• range of living

• range of tolerance

• range of death

The levels of organzation in ecology are: (from smallest to largest)

• biosphere, biome, ecosystem, community, population, organism

• organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere

• biome, ecosystem, organism, population, community, biosphere

Which level of organization would the picture be?

• ecosystem

• community

• organism

Which level of organization is the picture?

• biome

• community

• population