Ecology

Everything in a particular environment, including both living and nonliving things is called an .

• Ecosystem
• Biome

• Habitat

• Community

A ________ is a relationship of living things as food sources for other living things.

• Prey

• Competition

• Predator
• Food Chain

Producers make their own food and consumers eat other living things.

• True

• False

The invention of useful things or solving problems using science and engineering is called .

• Invention

• Innovation
• Technology

• Engineering

There have been several in our lifetimes that have caused a lot of loss and damage to the environment.

• Natural Disasters
• Climate Change

• Pollution

• Deforestation

To rot, decay, or be slowly destroyed and broken down by natural processes means to ______________________.

• decompose

• evaporate

• solidify

• condense

Fill in the blanks below using the words in the box. ____________________ are microscopic living things that exist everywhere. Some can be helpful, and some can be harmful.

• bacteria

• viruses

• fungi

• algae

The process by which plants make their own food using sunlight is called ______________________.

• photosynthesis

• respiration

• transpiration

• digestion

Fill in the blanks below using the words in the box. Animals that are hunted by other animals for food are called ____________.

• prey

• predators

• herbivores

• scavengers

The study of relationships between living things and their environment is called _________________.

• ecology

• biology

• geology

• zoology