Ecology Vocabulary

Two or more members of a particular species living and interacting in the same area

• Community
• Population
• Organisms
• Biosphere

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All of the squirrels living in Hubbard Park would be considered a

• population

• community

• ecosystem

• organism

What are the abiotic factors in this image?

• water, sunlight, dirt, air

• birds and plants

• birds, water, dirt

• plants, water

Which terms are used to refer to heterotrophic organisms?

• consumer and producer

• consumer, producer, and decomposer

• consumer and decomposer

Long Island Sound, including the plants and animals living in it, is considered a(n)

• biosphere

• ecosystem

• community

• population

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All of the fish and aquatic plants living in Mirror Lake are considered a

• species

• population

• community

• biome

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An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:

• Autotroph
• Producer
• Consumer
• Mutualist

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What is the original source of almost all energy in most ecosystems?

• carbohydrates
• sunlight
• water
• carbon

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The study of how living things interact with one another and with their environment.

• Biology
• Lithology
• Ecology
• Farmacology

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The organisms that make up a community and the nonliving parts of the environment that they interact with are a(n)

• Population

• Community

• Habitat

• Ecosystem