Ecology

Members of a species in a defined area are called a 

• Predation
• Population
• Competition 
• Community

All the organisms in a particular location and their non-living environment are called a(n)

• decomposer
• community
• consumer
• ecosystem

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An organism that makes its own food  by using sunlight or chemicals (also known as an autotroph) is called a 

• producer
• predator
• consumer
• detrivore

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Two organisms that are so similar they can interbreed and produce fertile offspring are from the same

• species
• symbiosis
• niche
• habitat

Any living (or once living) factors or organisms in an ecosystem is called a(n)

• biodiversity
• biotic factor
• abiotic factor
• biosphere

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The study of interactions between organisms and their environment is known as

• ecology
• biome
• biology
• ecosystem

The populations of different organisms living in a defined area are all part of the same

• competition
• commensalism
• community
• population

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An organism that relies on other organisms for food (another name for a consumer)

• autotroph
• detrivore
• heterotroph
• producer

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The series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten

• food chain
• acid rain
• symbiosis
• biomass

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A non-living factor that affects an ecosystem is called 

• biotic factor
• biodiversity
• biosphere
• abiotic factor

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