Ecology Test Review

The living part of an ecosystem

• Biotic
• Abiotic
• Mother Earth
• Flowers

The study of how living things interact with one another and with their environment.

• Biology
• Lithology
• Ecology
• Farmacology

Two or more members of a particular species living and interacting in the same area

• Community
• Population
• Organisms
• Biosphere

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

• Biome
• Ecosystem
• Community
• Niche

A living relationship between two species in which one organism is harmed is called...

• mutualism
• commensalism
• parasitism
• niche

The amount of energy that usually transfers from one trophic level to the next...

• 10%
• 20%
• 80%
• 50%

An illustration that uses arrows to show the many possible directions in which matter and energy can pass through the organisms in an ecosystem.

• Food chain
• Food web
• Energy Pyramid
• Succession Map

Water temperature would be an example of ...

• A biotic factor
• An abiotic factor

Which organisms are both secondary and tertiary consumers in this food web?

• Chemosynthetic bacteria and amphipods
• Zooplankton and mussels
• Ratfish and octopuses
• Galatheid crabs and zoarcid fish

Which organisms are producers?

• Chemosynthetic bacteria and symbiotic bacteria
• Amphipods and zooplankton
• Tubeworms and zoarcid fish
• Octopuses and mussels