Ecology Test Review

What is a study of

all interrelationships between organisms and their environment?

• Ecology

• Evolution

• Genetics

• Geology

Factors such as air, water, sunlight, and temperature would be considered?

• Niche

• Abiotic Factors

• Biotic Factors

• ecology

What is an area where an organism lives called?

• Niche

• Community

• Population

• Habitat

What is a biological community and all of the abiotic factors that affect it called?

• Population

• Ecosystem

• Biome

• Biosphere

 What is the role or position an organism has in its environment called?

• Niche

• Community

• Species

• Habitat

What is something called that eats both plants and animals?

• Autotrophs

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

Mushrooms and other fungi are responsible for breaking down dead organic matter They are called

• Producers

• Consumers

• Scavengers

• Decomposers

What are organisms that eat other organisms called?

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• Producers

• Scavengers

 In which order is energy

transferred through a food chain?

• Sun --> plants --> animals

• Sun --> animals --> plants

• plants --> Sun --> animals

• plants --> animals --> Sun

What is a group of interacting populations that occupy the same geographic area called?

• Biopshere

• Population

• Community

• Biome