Ecology Vocabulary Quiz

What is a biotic factor?

• A non-living element that affects an ecosystem
• A type of weather pattern
• A living or once-living organism in an ecosystem
• A physical characteristic of an organism

What is an abiotic factor?

• A living component of an ecosystem
• A non-living component of an ecosystem
• A type of animal species
• A type of plant species

What is ecology?

• Study of the economy
• Study of ecosystems
• Study of the human body
• Study of the stars

What is an autotroph?

• An organism that consumes other organisms for energy
• An organism that can produce its own food from inorganic substances
• An organism that relies on external sources for nutrition
• An organism that cannot produce its own food

What is a heterotroph?

• An organism that makes its own food
• An organism that consumes other organisms for food
• An organism that only eats plants
• An organism that only eats meat

What is a decomposer?

• An organism that breaks down dead or decaying organisms
• A type of plant that grows in the desert
• A tool used in chemistry labs
• A type of cloud formation

What is a producer?

• A person who makes goods or services
• A person who consumes goods or services
• A person who distributes goods or services
• A person who stores goods or services

What is a secondary consumer?

• A producer in the food chain
• An organism that only eats plants
• An organism that eats primary consumers
• An organism that decomposes dead organisms

What is a primary consumer?

• An organism that eats producers
• An organism that eats only meat
• An organism that eats both plants and animals
• An organism that eats only plants

What is the tertiary consumer?

• Primary producer
• Secondary consumer
• Primary consumer
• Carnivorous animal