Ecology Vocabulary Worksheet

What is the term for the following definition: consume animals?

• carnivores

• herbivores

• omnivores

• decomposers

What is the term for the following definition: the largest population size that can be supported in an area without harming the environment?

• carrying capacity

• population density

• biotic potential

• ecological footprint

What is the term for the following definition: type of producer that uses energy from chemical compounds to make food by chemosynthesis?

• chemoautotrophs

• photoautotrophs

• heterotrophs

• saprotrophs

What is the term for the following definition: the average weather in an area over a long period of time?

• climate

• temperature

• humidity

• precipitation

What is the term for the following definition: often occurs in species involved in mutualistic relationships?

• coevolution

• parasitism

• predation

• competition

What is the term for the following definition: a symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits while the other species is not affected?

• commensalism

• parasitism

• mutualism

• predation

What is the term for the following definition: all of the populations of different species that live in a given area?

• communities

• ecosystem

• habitat

• organisms

What is the term for the following definition: a relationship between organisms that strive for the same resources in the same place?

• competition

• mutualism

• predation

• parasitism

What is the term for the following definition: occurs when two different species cannot occupy the same niche in the same space for long periods of time?

• competitive exclusion principle

• mutualism

• resource partitioning

• symbiosis

What is the term for the following definition: organisms that depend on other organisms for food?

• consumers

• producers

• decomposers

• autotrophs