Vocab Quiz: Competition in Ecosystems Fall 2022

Last Name

First Name

Class Period

• A 1/2
• A 3/4
• B 1/2

• B 3/4

Plants, animals, bacteria, fungi and protists would all be examples of this type of factor

• Abiotic
• Dependent Interaction
• Biotic
• Limited resource

A school of clownfish moves together through a tropical coral reef. They tend to all stay together and look exactly the same! The school of clownfish are known as a(n):

• ecosystem
• predatory community
• population
• biome

An area where all biotic and abiotic factors interact in some way. Characterized by weather, climate, and different species of plants and animals living there.

• ecology
• ecosystem
• ecoland
• plate tectonics

The different plant species compete for water, sunlight, and space, among other factors. These non-living factors in an environment can best be described as __________.

• biotic
• predatory
• abiotic
• mutual

A pack of hyenas is roaming a savannah in search for some tasty antelope. African painted dogs, another predatory species, are also on the lookout for the same tasty antelope. Prey is becoming scarce, and the only option is to fight for hunting territory. This interaction between the hyenas and African painted dogs is known as:

• Predatory
• Mutually beneficial
• Competitive
• Parasitic

Nemo moves along the East Australian current among other individuals of different species. These different individuals are living and considered either single-celled or multi-celled. These self-contained life forms are called

• Cellular creatures
• Organisms
• Eco-inhabitant
• Predator

Factors that organisms depend on for survival that may become scarce when there is an increase in competition for them are called:

• abiotic
• biotic
• limited resources
• interactions