Ecology Key terms quiz

List the 5 levels of ecological organization in order from least to greatest.

1.​ ​ ​ (a)  

2.​ (b)  

3.​ (c)  

4.​ (d)  

5.​ (e)  

• Individual
• Population
• Community
• Ecosystem
• Biosphere
• Primary succession
• Population
• Community
• Secondary succession
• Niche

The study of how living things interact with each other and with their environment.

• Niche

• Ecology

• Primary Succession

• Secondary succession

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

The living parts of a habitat

• Biotic

• abiotic

• Niche

• Ecology

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Non living parts of an organism's habitat

• biotic

• Abiotic

• Carrying capacity

• Niche

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

All the members of one species in a particular area

• idividual

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Population

The role of an organism in its habitat or how it makes its living.

• Population

• Community

• Niche

• Ecology

Where no organisms or soil exist

• Secondary succession

• Primary Succession

• Limiting factor

• Carry capacity

an environmental factor that causes population size to decrease.

• Carry Capacity

• Limiting Factor

• Population

• community

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The maximum population that can be supported by an ecosystem.

• Carrying Capacity

• Population

• Limiting Factors

• Niche

move into a new population

• immigration

• Emigration

• Ecology

• Population