WCA Vocab

Match the definition to the correct term:

Maintaining the environment around us.

• Pollution Prevention

• Brownfield

• Conservation

• Niche

Match the term to its definition.

Population

• A group of individuals of a different species.

• Interactions of organisms with respect to a certain environment, usually defined by a geographic region.

• Where an organism lives.

• Categorizations of organisms based on survivorship, spatial patterns, etc. specific to one group of organisms.

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A group of individuals of a different species.

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Biosphere

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Ecosystem

• Interactions of organisms with respect to a certain environment, usually defined by a geographic region.

• The combination of biotic and abiotic factors working together in an environment.

• How organisms interact with each other.

• Where an organism lives.

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The combination of biotic and abiotic factors working together in an environment.

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

• Biosphere

• Niche

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a habitat?

• Where an organism lives

• Allows organisms to stay within zone of ecological tolerance

• Allows organisms to raise offspring safely.

• The population dynamics of a community.

Which of the following is NOT an example of a niche?

• Bird cleaning alligator's teeth.

• Wrasse feeding off a shark.

• Carpenter ants building a nest.

• Plankton being eaten by a blue whale.

Which of the following correctly has all 4 symbiotic relationships?

• Mutualism, Commensalism, Parasitism, Eaten

• Mutualism, Commensalism, Invasion, Predation

• Mutantism, Commensalism, Parasitism, Predation

• Mutualism, Commensalism, Parasitism, Predation

Which of the following correctly defines a threatened species?

• A species at risk of becoming extinct--rare to find in the wild.

• A species that has completely died off, or can only be found in captivity.

• Species at risk, usually being observed for changes.

• A species that has bounced back from the edge of extinction.

Which of the following correctly defines an endangered species?

• The Edge of Extinction in Survivor.

• At risk of becoming extinct.

• A species that has completely died off, or can only be found in captivity.

• A species that has recovered from the edge of extinction.