Ecology Terminology

_______ is the study of how living things interact with eachother and with their environment

• Biology

• Ecology

• Evolution

• Anatomy

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A _________ is made up of a combination of different populations living in an area

An _________ is a community of living things interacting with eachother and their environment

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A __________ is all of the members of the same species living in a particular area

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Which of the following best defines an ecosystem?

• A community of living organisms and their interactions with their abiotic environment.

• A specific area of land or water with a uniform climate.

• A group of interconnected food chains.

• A collection of species that have high genetic diversity.

Match the following statements with the correct words.

• This type of diversity is the variation in genes within a species.

• Ecological Diversity

• This type of diversity refers to the number of species & abundance of species in a particular place

• Biodiversity

• This type of diversity refers to the ways that species interact with each other & their environment

• Species Diversity

• The variety of life found on Earth.

• Genetic Diversity

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______ ____________ is concerned with ecosystems, all
the abiotic factors and the community of species in a certain
area. It focuses on energy flow and the cycling of chemicals
among the various abiotic and biotic factors.

• Organismal
  ecology

• Population ecology

• Community ecology

• Ecosystem ecology

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​ (a)   is the relative proportion of individuals within the different species in a given area.

• Species evenness

• species richness

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A _______ is the particular place in which an organism lives

Which of the following make their own food using light?

• Primary consumers

• Tertiary consumers

• Producers

• Secondary consumers

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