Ecology test

ecology

• the study of living things and their environment

• Ecology is the study of how individual organisms grow and develop

• Ecology focuses only on protecting endangered species

• Ecology is the study of how genes are passed down through generations

community

• A community is a single population of one species living in an ecosystem

• A community is a group of organisms that all belong to the same trophic level

• A community includes both living and nonliving components of an ecosystem

• all populations that live in an ecosystem

ecosystem

• An ecosystem is a group of the same species living together in one area

• living and nonliving organisms interacting with their environment

• An ecosystem consists only of plants and animals living together

• An ecosystem is any place where only living things interact with each other

population

• A group of different species living together in an ecosystem.

• All the plants and animals in a particular biome.

• Group of the same species living in an ecosystem

• A relationship between different species in an ecosystem.

habitat

• Place where an organism lives

• The role an organism plays in its ecosystem

• A group of organisms of the same species living together.

• The movement of organisms from one place to another

niche

• organisms functional role it plays in the community

• The place where an organism lives.

• The way an organism moves within its environment.

• The interactions between different species in an ecosystem.

consumer

• Organisms that take in food from other organisms

• Organisms that make their own food using sunlight or chemicals

• Organisms that break down dead material and recycle nutrients.

• An organism that only eats plants

Decomposer

• Organisms that take in food from other organisms

• Organisms that make their own food using sunlight or chemicals

• Organisms that feeds on dead organic matter

• An organism that only eats plants

Producer

• Organisms that take in food from other organisms

• Organisms that make their own food using sunlight or chemicals

• Organisms that feeds on dead organic matter

• An organism that only eats plants

food chain

• Sequence of organism in which 1 is eaten by the next organism in the food chain

• The transfer of energy between organisms through decomposition.

• A feeding stage in the food chain

• 2 or more interlinked food chains