Ecology Reassessment

All of the biotic and abiotic factors that live together and can interact with each other is called a(n):

• ecosystem

• biome

• community

• population

Match the definition to the term:

• heterotroph

• an organism that gets its energy from breaking down organic matter

• producers

• an organism that gets its energy from eating others

• consumers

• an organism that gets nutrients from eating other organisms

• autotroph

• an organism that gets its energy from the food it makes

• decomposer

• an organism that makes its own food

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Match the example to the term:

• autotroph

• A mushroom breaks down decaying bark in a forest

• producers

• A ladybug gets nutrients from the aphids it eats

• heterotroph

• A pine tree gets energy from the sugars it makes

• consumers

• A rose bush makes sugars during photosynthesis

• decomposer

• A coyote eats a rabbit for energy

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Match the definition to the term:

• carnivore

• a consumer that eats plants for its energy

• herbivore

• A consumer that eats mostly meat for its energy

• omnivore

• a consumer that actively pursues other organisms for energy

• detritivore

• a consumer that eats dead and decaying organic material for its energy

• predator

• a consumer that eats both meat and plants almost equally for energy

Match the example to the term:

• carnivore

• A rabbit eats all kinds of grasses and leaves

• herbivore

• An earthworm breaks down organic matter in the soil

• predator

• A bear eats berries, nuts, and rodents in a forest

• omnivore

• A lion quietly hunts for an antelope

• detritivore

• A red fox eats mostly small rodents and insects

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Match the definition to the term:

• Commensalism

• A relationship between two organisms where both organisms get something they need

• Mutualism

• A relationship between two organisms where one benefits and the other one is harmed

• Symbiosis

• A relationship between two organisms where one benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed

• Parasitism

• A close relationship between two organisms where at least one of them gains something

Match the example to the term:

• Predation

• A wolf actively hunts elk in Yellowstone

• Competition

• Squirrels and raccoons fighting over acorns under an oak tree

• Parasitism

• A mosquito feeds on the blood of a deer

• Mutualism

• Barnacles on whales are able to feed on krill when the whales do but the whales are not harmed

• Commensalism

• Bees get nectar when pollinating flowers

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Put each phrase into the correct category:

Groups:

(a) Abiotic

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(b) Biotic

• Parts of an ecosystem that are dormant

• Parts of an ecosystem that are no longer living

• Plants

• Water

• Parts of an ecosystem that were never living

• Parts of an ecosystem that are living or were part of a living thing

• Air

• Sunlight

• Animals

• Hair and antlers

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The area an organism lives it called its (a)   and the role it has in that ecosystem is called its ​ (b)   .

• habitat
• niche
• environment
• territory
• function
• job

What does every food chain or web start with even if it isn't shown?

• producers
• sun
• consumer
• decomposers

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