Bio - Module 2 - Principles of Ecology

The scientific discipline in which the relationships among living organisms and the interactions the organisms have with their environments are studied is known as _______________.

• Ecology

• Economics

• Biology

• Science

a heterotroph that preys on another heterotroph

• carnivore

• omnivore

• herbivore

• detritivore

Label the following parts of the water cycle.

a

b

c

d

e

Runoff

Precipitation

Condensation

Evaporation

Transpiration

a group of interacting populations that occupy the same geographic area at the same time

• community

• population

• ecosystem

• biosphere

Abiotic factors refer to ​ (a)   things; while biotic factors refer to ​ (b)   things.​

• nonliving
• living

an organism that collects energy from sunlight or inorganic substances to produce food

• autotroph

• heterotroph

• carnivore

• predator

The exchange of matter through the biosphere

• biogeochemical cycle

• water cycle

• nitrogen cycle

• carbon cycle

the close relationship that exists when two or more species live together

• symbiosis

• niche

• population

• predation

A living organism only needs living things in order to survive.

• True

• False

an area where an organism lives

• habitat

• niche

• population

• biosphere