Vocabulary Review

The number and variety of different species in an area is called?

• Habitat

• Life Cycle

• Biodiversity

• Ecosystem

• I do not know at this time

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An interaction in which one organism kills another for food or nutrients is called?

• Competition

• Predation

• Food Chain

• Ecosystem

• I do not know at this time

The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resources in the same place at the same time is called?

• Competition

• Predation

• Limiting Factor

• Force

• I do not know at this time

A series of events in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and by being eaten is called?

• Food Chain

• Law of Conservation of Mass

• Predator

• Prey

• I do not know at this time

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The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their nonliving environment is called?

• Habitat

• Biodiversity

• Food Chain

• Ecosystem

• I do not know at this time

A nonliving part of an organism’s habitat is called?

• Abiotic Factor

• Biotic Factor

• Limiting Factor

• Habitat

• I do not know at this time

A living or once-living part of an organism’s habitat is called?

• Abiotic Factor

• Biotic Factor

• Limiting Factor

• Fossil

• I do not know at this time

An environment that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce is called?

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

• Limiting Factor

• Biotic Factor

• I do not know at this time

An organism that cannot make its own food, but gets food by consuming other living things is called?

• Autotroph

• Carnivore

• Heterotroph

• Producer

• I do not know at this time

An organism that is able to capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food is called?

• Autotroph

• Carnivore

• Heterotroph

• Consumer

• I do not know at this time

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