Science Quiz

What term is used to describe the process by which an organism adjusts to its environment?

• Erosion

• Adaptation

• Astronomy

• Compound

Which term refers to a large, solid object orbiting the Sun that is smaller than a planet?

• Ecosystem

• Balance

• Asteroid

• Engineering

What is the term for a community of living organisms and their interactions with their abiotic environment?

• Decomposer

• Ecosystem

• Energy pyramid

• Deposition

What term describes the change from one type of substance to another through a chemical reaction?

• Erosion

• Astronomy

• Balance

• Chemical change

What is the term for an organism that breaks down dead or decaying organisms?

• Consumer

• Control

• Compound

• Decomposer

Which term refers to a sequence of organisms that transfer energy from one to another?

• Food web

• Habitat

• Food chain

• Niche

What is the term for a natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms?

• Mineral

• Fossil fuel

• Mixture

• Natural resource

Which term describes a characteristic that is passed from parent to offspring?

• Instinct

• Inertia

• Evidence

• Inherited trait

What is the term for a community of living organisms and their interrelated physical and chemical environment?

• Niche

• Habitat

• Investigation

• Invertebrate

Which term is used to describe a resource that cannot be readily replaced by natural means on a level equal to its consumption?

• Renewable resource

• Natural resource

• Nonrenewable resource

• Mineral