Ecosystems Quiz

What are the living things in an ecosystem called?

• Biotic factors

• Abiotic factors

• Producers

• Consumers

How can ecosystems be classified according to the environment?

• Terrestrial and aquatic

• Natural and artificial

• Producers and consumers

• Mutualism and parasitism

What is a group of living things from the same species that live in the same ecosystem called?

• Population

• Community

• Symbiosis

• Biodiversity

What are the relationships between members of different species called?

• Symbiosis

• Population

• Community

• Biodiversity

What is it called when two species benefit from their relationship?

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Predation

What is it called when one species benefits and the other is unaffected?

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Predation

What is it called when one species benefits and the other is harmed?

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Predation

What are living things called that produce their own food?

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• Predators

What are living things called that eat other living things for energy?

• Consumers

• Producers

• Decomposers

• Prey

What is it called when the populations of living things remain constant in an ecosystem?

• Balanced ecosystem

• Overconsumption

• Biodiversity

• Symbiosis