Ecosystems - Diagnostic

Which of the words below can you confidently define?

• ecology

• ecosystem

• habitat

• environment

• none

For those words you feel like you can define, write a brief definition. The word were: ecology, ecosystem, habitat and environment.

Which are examples of biotic factors in an ecosystem?

• tree

• rock

• river

• I dont' know

What is an example of an abiotic factor?

• lizard

• sand dune

• shrub

• I don't know

Photosynthesis produces which two products?

• water, carbon dioxide

• carbon dioxide, water

• oxygen, glucose

• I don't know

Which of the following words are you confident in defining in a biological setting?

• predation

• competition

• symbiosis

• mutualism

• none

Which of the following words are you confident in defining in a biological setting?

• commensalism

• parasitism

• none

Herbivores eat plant based materials and carnivores eat other animals.

• True

• False

• I don't know

What is this diagram showing?

• movement of energy

• increasing size of animal

• food chain

• I don't know

Have you seen a diagram like this before?

• Yes

• No