Quiz about Life Science Unit Vocabulary Practice

Question 1

groups of living things and the nonliving environment in which they live

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ecosystem

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population

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community

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habitat

Question 2

the living parts of the ecosystem including plants, animals, trees, flowers, and birds

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biotic

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abiotic

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habitat

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ecosystem

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the nonliving parts of the ecosystem including things such as soil, the climate, and amount of rainfall

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abiotic

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biotic

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niche

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community

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a single plant or animal in an ecosystem

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individual/organism

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carnivores

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ecosystem

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omnivore

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a group of organisms of the same species living in the same place

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population

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community

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ecosystem

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carnivores

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all of the populations that live in the same area

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community

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population

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ecosystem

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environment

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the role of an organism within a particular habitat. It includes things such habitat, climate, the types of food an organism eats, and when an organism eats

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niche

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adaptation

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host

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prey

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place in an ecosystem where each population lives

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habitat

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ecosystem

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environment

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community

Question 9

organisms that produce their own food through photosynthesis

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producers

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consumers

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scavengers

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biotic

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organisms that must get energy from eating other organisms

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consumers

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invasive species

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prey

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climate

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consumers that eat only plants

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herbivores

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carnivores

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omnivores

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decomposers

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organisms that eat only other animals

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carnivores

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omnivores

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herbivores

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competition

Question 13

organisms that eat both plants and animals

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omnivores

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producers

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carnivores

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herbivores

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organisms such as fungi, bacteria, termites, earthworms and mushrooms that get energy by breaking down nutrients in dead organisms

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decomposers

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scavengers

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producers

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invasive species

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eats animals that are already dead

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scavengers

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decomposers

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carnivores

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omnivores

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species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend, such that if it were removed the ecosystem would change drastically

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keystone species

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invasive species

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ecosystem

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photosynthesis

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organism (plant, animal, microbe) that introduced into an environment where it is not native (does not naturally exist there)

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invasive species

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primary consumer

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prey

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keystone species

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a contest between organisms for limited resources

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competition

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limiting factors

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prey

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predators

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shows the path of energy as it flows from one organism to the next

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food chain

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food web

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ecosystem

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predators

Question 20

a diagram of several connected food chains

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food web

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food chain

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keystone species

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consumers

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an organism that eats other organisms in order to live

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predators

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herbivores

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prey

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decomposers

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the organism that is eaten

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prey

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instinct

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predator

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consumer

Question 23

In a food chain, this organism eats only producers

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primary/1st level consumer

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secondary/2nd level consumer

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tertiary/3rd level consumer

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plant

Question 24

In a food chain, this organism eats producers or consumers

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secondary/2nd level consumer

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primary/1st level consumer

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tertiary/3rd level consumer

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plant

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In a food chain, this organism eats ONLY consumers

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tertiary/3rd level consumer

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primary/1st level consumer

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secondary/2nd level consumer

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plant

Question 26

food, water, shelter & space

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limiting factors

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keystone species

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invasive species

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environment

Question 27

process by which plants and plantlike organisms make food

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photosynthesis

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producers

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climate

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abiotic

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photosynthesis takes place with the help of these green molecules

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chlorophyll

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producers

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plants

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microbes

Question 29

Behaviors that animals know how to do without being taught.

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instinct

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climate

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host

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adaptations

Question 30

Factors that AFFECT the size of a population in a community or ecosystem. (examples: food, water, weather/natural disasters, space, shelter)

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limiting factors

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keystone species

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invasive species

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biotic

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the average weather in an area over time

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climate

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producers

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adaptations

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prey

Question 32

All the living and nonliving things that interact and affect the organism

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environment

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habitat

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host

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predator

Question 33

A characteristic that helps a living thing survive.

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adaptation

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prey

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abiotic

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biotic

Question 34

Behaviors that help an organism survive. Examples: migration, hibernation, spiders spinning webs, being nocturnal

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behavioral adaptation

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physical adaptation

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limiting factors

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symbiosis

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A characteristic on the bodies of organisms that help them survive. Examples: camouflage, sharp thorns on plants, blubber, sharp claws, bird beaks

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physical adaptation

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behavioral adaptation

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limiting factors

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symbiosis

Question 36

living organisms that parasite lives/feeds upon (harmed in symbiotic relationship)

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host

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mutualism

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commensalism

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parasitism

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A close RELATIONSHIP between two or more organisms in an ECOSYSTEM that may or may not benefit each organism.

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symbiosis

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mutualism

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commensalism

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parasitism

Question 38

A symbiotic relationship between two organisms in which they BOTH benefit.

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mutualism

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commensalism

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parasitism

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adaptation

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A symbiotic relationship between two organisms in which ONE benefits and the other one DOES NOT benefit but is NOT HARMED.

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commensalism

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mutualism

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parasitism

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adaptation

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A symbiotic relationship between two organisms in which ONE (HOST) benefits and one is HARMED.

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parasitism

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mutualism

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commensalism

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adaptation

Life Science Unit Vocabulary Practice

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