Living World Vocabulary

What type of ecosystem is shown here?

• Aquatic

• Marine

• Terrestrial

• Alien

A relationship between organisms that can be positive, negative, or neutral to either party.

• Synthesis

• Symbiosis

• Friendship

• Parasitism

What type of ecosystem is this person studying?

• Alien

• Terrestrial

• Aquatic

• French

A factor like sunlight, soil nutrients, temperature, and rainfall.

• Abiotic

• Biotic

In an ecosystem, this factor is composed of all of the living organisms.

• Biotic

• Abiotic

What type of symbiosis?  Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers.  The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower.

• commensalism
• mutualism
• parasitism
• predation

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What type of symbiosis?  Skunks often live in burrows that have been dug and abandoned by woodchucks.  

• commensalism

• mutualism

• parasitism

• predation

What type of symbiosis? Female mosquitoes must take a blood meal from another animal before they can lay eggs. The animals they bite sometimes get itchy rashes, open wounds, or diseases from the bites.

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

All of the individuals of a single species in a given area

• Ecosystem

• Population

• Community

Individuals of multiple species in a given area

• Ecosystem

• Population

• Community