Ecology

What would be a good example of a primary consumer?

• carnivore

• detrivore

• decomposer

• herbivore

The monkey would be a

• decomposer

• producer

• primary consumer

• secondary consumer

A lion that eats a zebra that eats grass is a

• primary consumer

• secondary consumer

• tertiary consumer

• quaternary consumer

Study of interactions between organisms and their environment 

• niche
• community 
• ecology
• ecosystem

Non-living factor that affects an ecosystem

• biotic factor
• abiotic factor
• food chain 
• biome

A collection of organisms that belong to different populations but all live in the same area and interact with one another.

• Population
• Ecosystem
• Community
• Ecosphere

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

• community
• habitat
• population
• ecosystem

The living part of an ecosystem

• Biotic
• Abiotic
• Mother Earth
• Flowers

Two or more members of a particular species living and interacting in the same area

• Community
• Population
• Organisms
• Biosphere

Which is an example of a parasitic relationship?

• a bee pollinates a flower
• a tapeworm takes nutrients from a dog
• an orchid lives in a tree but does not harm the tree