Ecology midterm exam

What do you call the environment where a plant or animal lives?

• Habitat
• Life Cycle
• Food Web
• Bay

Which group do fungi, bacteria, and termites belong to?

• decomposers
• producers
• herbivores
• omnivores

Which of these is NOT an example of an ecosystem?

• Rainforest
• A city
• Desert
• Deep ocean

A rabbit blends in with its environment is called

• camouflage
• counter shading
• mimicry

An organism's ability to survive and reproduce

• niche
• habitat
• adaptation
• fitness

An organism's _________ is defined as the environment in which it lives.

• habitat
• niche
• social structure
• ecosystem

The ecological role an organism performs in their specific environment is considered the organism's...

• Habitat

• Population

• Biome

• Niche

"Organisms that have moved to a location that does not naturally support them."

• Invasive species

• Destructive species

• Unwelcomed species

• Infected species

a relationship between two species in which both species compete for limited resources such that both species are negatively affected by the relationship

• Symbiosis

• interspecific competition

• species richness

• species-area effect

A relationship in which two different organisms live in close association with each other

• interspecific competition

• Mutualism

• Symbiosis

• Commensalism