Ecology Vocabulary Practice

What is the term for the number and variety of organisms in a given area during a specific period of time?

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Biodiversity

• Habitat

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Which term describes all of the populations of species that live in the same habitat and interact with each other?

• Niche

• Community

• Population

• Ecosystem

What is a community of organisms and their abiotic, or nonliving, environment called?

• Habitat

• Ecosystem

• Biodiversity

• Niche

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the place where an organism naturally lives and grows?

• Habitat

• Niche

• Community

• Population

What term refers to things that humans do?

• Limiting Factor

• Human Activity

• Ecosystem

• Biodiversity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What is a biotic and abiotic environmental factor that restricts the growth of a population?

• Habitat

• Niche

• Limiting Factor

• Community

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is the function and position of an organism or population within an ecological community?

• Ecosystem

• Niche

• Habitat

• Population

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

What is a group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area called?

• Community

• Population

• Ecosystem

• Biodiversity

A large region characterized by a a specific type of climte

A treeless plain found in the arctic