Ecosystems Unit 1 Test

Name

a large area of Earth characterized by certain physical conditions and the living things that are found there

• Biome
• Resource
• Organism
• Species
• Competition

an organism that mainly eats animals

• Carnivore
• Predation
• Herbivore
• Omnivore
• Criteria

any system that is characterized by constant change

• Dynamic System
• Ecological Succession
• Evidence

the predictable way that ecosystems change from one type to another over time

• Dynamic System
• Ecological Succession
• Evidence

information obtained by observation or experimentation

• Dynamic System
• Ecological Succession
• Evidence

a relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is unaffected

• Commensalism
• Predation
• Carnivore
• Herbivore
• Omnivore

a limitation on an engineering solution

• Constraint
• Predation
• Carnivore
• Herbivore
• Omnivore

the requirements that must be met for an engineering solution to be successful

• Criteria
• Predation
• Carnivore
• Herbivore
• Omnivore

an organism that mainly eats plants or plant parts

• Herbivore
• Predation
• Carnivore
• Omnivore
• Criteria