Ecology Reviewer

Evaporation from the leaves of plants

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Precipitation

• Nitrogen Fixation

Causes decay, includes bacteria and fungi

• decomposer

• consumer

• producer

• biotic factor

The branch of biology dealing with interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment is called __________

• economy

• modeling

• recycling

• ecology

The combined portion of Earth in which all living things exist is called the ___________

• biome

• community

• ecosystem

• biosphere

All of the members of a particular species that live in one area are called ___________

• biome

• population

• community

• ecosystem

Which of the following descriptions about the organization of an ecosystem is correct?

• Communities make up species, which make up populations.

• Populations make up species, which make up communities.

• Species make up communities, which make up populations.

• Species make up populations, which make up communities.

The simplest grouping of more than one kind of organism in the biosphere is _____________.

• a population

• a community

• an ecosystem

• a species

The lowest level of environmental complexity that includes living and nonliving factor is ________

• biome

• community

• ecosystem

• biosphere

What is the original source of almost all the energy in most ecosystem?

• carbohydrates

• sunlight

• water

• carbon dioxide

Algae is an example of ____________

• consumer

• decomposer

• producer

• heterotrophs