Ecology Vocab check

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

• community
• habitat
• population
• ecosystem

Organisms that feed on both living producers and other consumers.

• Carnivores
• Omnivores
• Herbivores
• Detritivores

What is the branch of science that deals with the study of living things and their relationship with the environment?

• Anthropology

• Ecology

• Ecosystems

What is a decomposer?

• An organism that breaks down dead plants and animals.

• An organism that uses energy from the sun to make it's own food.

• An organism that must eat to get energy.

A consumer that eats animals only.

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

Organisms that hunt other organisms for food are called __________.

• predators
• prey
• producers
• heterotrophs

Different populations living and interacting with each other in the same area

• Biome
• Ecosystem
• Community
• Niche

Populations of plants and animals that interact with each other in a given area with the abiotic components of that area.

• habitat

• ecosystem

• community

• ecology

An organism’s way of life (role in its environment)

• producer

• consumer

• habitat

• niche

a type of consumer that eats only plants

• decomposer

• producer

• herbivore

• carnivore