Challenge Quiz 6 | Basic Principles of Ecology

What is the scientific study of interactions among organisms and their environment, including biotic and abiotic interactions?

• Geology
• Chemistry
• Ecology
• Astronomy

Is the ecology of a single species

• synecology
• macroecology
• autecology
• limnology

The study of groups of organisms

• synecology
• macroecology
• autecology
• limnology

Is the study or exploration of symbioses

• Ethology
• Taxonomy
• Physiology
• Symbiology

Is a branch of medicine that deals with tumors

• Oncology
• Cardiology
• Neurology
• Dermatology

In ecology, it is a term describing the relational position of a species or population in an ecosystem.

• Habitat
• Niche
• Biome
• Population

Is an ecological or environmental area that is inhabited by a particular species of animal, plant, or other type of organism.

• habitat
• niche
• biome
• population

Are climatically and geographically defined as contiguous areas with similar climatic conditions on the Earth, such as communities of plants, animals, and soil organisms, and are often referred to as ecosystems.

• habitat
• niche
• biome
• population

Means living organisms.

• biotic
• abiotic
• geologic
• hydrologic

Are those non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms and the functioning of ecosystems.

• biotic
• abiotic
• geologic
• hydrologic