Ecology Vocabulary

What is ecology?

• the study of life

• the study of the interactions (connections) among living things, and between living things and their environment

• the study of fossils, embryos, homologous structures and how they are evidence of our evolution from a common ancestor

• the study of atoms, molecules, organelles and cells

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The frog eats the cricket. Give 3 words to describe the frog.

• primary consumer (1°), carnivore, autotroph

• secondary consumer (2°), herbivore, heterotroph

• primary consumer (1°), omnivore, heterotroph

• secondary consumer (2°), carnivore, heterotroph

What is a population?

• groups of different species living in the same area

• group of the same species living in the same area

• includes all of the organisms and non-living things in an area

• major regional or global community

What is a community?

• Different populations of organisms living in the same environment.

• One population of organism living in the same environment.

• Different populations of organisms living in more than two environments.

• One population of organism living in more than two environments.

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What is an ecosystem?

• The interactions among living and non-living things in an environment.

• A type of organism that can only be seen with a microscope.

• A bunch of moving parts that do work.

• The newest craze in social media.

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In an ecosystem, living things are called _ and non-living things are called _.

• biotic, abiotic

• abiotic, biotic

• organisms, decomposers

• herbivores, decomposers

Plants that make their own energy from the sun through photosynthesis are called (choose 2) -

• carnivores

• consumers

• autotrophs

• producers

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Organisms that eat other organisms to get energy are called

• autotrophs

• consumers

• producers

• heterotrophs

An organism that ONLY eats plants is called a(n)

• primary consumer

• omnivore

• herbivore

• carnivore

An organism that only eats other animals is called a

• heterotroph

• carnivore

• consumer

• producer