Populations and Ecosystems Vocab

What is a population?

• a group of the same type of organism living in the same area

• a group of similar organisms in an ecosystem

• a group of people attending a movie

• a group of different types of organisms in the same area

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A population that is eaten by organisms from another population is a

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Which of the following is a type of organism that is a resource population?

• grass

• mice

• lions

• krill

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Check all the following that are organisms.

• elk

• soil

• bacteria

• pine trees

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All the members of one species that live within an area of an ecosystem is a?

• population

• community

• niche

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Angel was trying to explain carrying capacity to her mother. Which of the following descriptions is accurate? Carrying capacity is :

• the maximum number of individuals that an ecosystem can sustain.

• the ability of an environment to accommodate a growing population.

• the greatest number of individuals that an area can sustain over the long term.

• the maximum number of species that can co-exist in an area.

An organism that gets food by eating other organisms? 

• producer 

• consumer

• herbivore 

• decomposer 

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What are producers? 

• organisms that store extra food 

• organisms that make their own food

• breaks down dead organisms 

• decomposes nutrients 

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What is an organism that breaks down dead organisms and wastes to live and grown? 

• herbivore

• consumer

• producer 

• decomposer

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Most ecosystems have many food chains. What are food chains that overlap in an ecosystem and show feeding relationships? 

• unhealthy

• energy pyramid 

• food web

• matter

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