Ecology Quiz: Basic Terms

What does a food web show?

• The process of photosynthesis

• How energy flows through interconnected food chains

• The lifespan of animals

• How plants grow

What is a food chain?

• A group of similar animals

• The sun's effect on the environment

• A sequence showing who eats whom in an ecosystem

• A chart of weather patterns

What are trophic levels in an ecosystem?

• Types of animal behavior

• Levels of energy transfer in a food chain or web

• Categories of plants

• Different climate zones

What is a species?

• A type of plant

• A group of similar organisms that can reproduce

• A category of weather

• A type of environment

What does ecology study?

• The relationships between organisms and their environment

• The structure of atoms and their characteristics

• The qualities of Chemical reactions and their behavior in nature

• Weather patterns and their implications around the world

What is the physical environment?

• The instincts of animals

• A group of related species

• Non-living parts of an ecosystem like soil, water, and air

• A collection of food sources

What is an ecosystem?

• A community of living things and their physical environment

• A list of carnivores

• A single food chain

• A type of forest

What is a carnivore?

• An organism that eats only plants

• An organism that eats other animals

• A plant that makes its own food

• A scavenger

What does a herbivore eat?

• Meat

• Fungi

• Only plants

• Both plants and animals

What is an omnivore?

• A plant-eating insect

• An organism that eats both plants and animals

• A plant

• A decomposer