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Ecology Vocab

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What kind of factors include both the physical and chemical parts of an ecosystem.
a)
Abiotic
b)
biotic
c)
limiting
d)
energy
2.
TRUE OR FALSE?
Water is a biotic factor  
a)
FALSE--IT IS AN ABIOTIC FACTOR/ NOT A BIOTIC FACTOR
b)
 TRUE--ITS CORRECT
3.
consumers are..............??
a)
organisms that get their energy by eating other organisms.
b)
don't eat meat
c)
organisms that get their food by making food themselves.
d)
only live a week because they don't know how to hunt for food.
4.
a producer is............??
a)
produces itself/ like duplicating 
b)
an organism that capture energy and stores it in food as chemical energy.
c)
a dead animal that gets eaten.
5.
A_______is a model that shows the amount of energy available at each feeding level in an ecosystem.
a)
energy flow
b)
food chain
c)
food web
d)
energy pyraimid 
6.

grass->rabbit -> fox

This is an example of what?

a)

food chain

b)

food web

c)

energy pyramid

7.
The role or function or job of a species in a community.
a)
habitat
b)
diet
c)
niche
d)
ecosystem
8.
A relationship that only helps one organism.
ex. barnacle on whale
a)
mutualism
b)
parasitism
c)
commensalism
9.
An organism that eat's plants and meat.
a)
herbivore
b)
omnivore
c)
carnivore
d)
detrivore
10.
 plants that convert energy from the sun or chemicals.
a)
decomposer
b)
primary consumer
c)
secondary consumer
d)
producer
11.
The image provided is an example of a(n):
a)
Producer
b)
Autotroph
c)
Consumer
d)
Insect
12.
symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit
a)
competition
b)
Mutualism
c)
nitrogen fixation
d)
energy pyramid
13.
which symbiosis is this 
a)
parasitism 
b)
mutualism
c)
commensalism
d)
nonalism 
14.
Autotrophs make up the _______ level in all ecosystems.
a)
First
b)
Second
c)
Third
d)
Fourth
15.
The general name for organisms like animals and fungi that get their energy from eating other organisms.
a)
Producers
b)
Consumers
c)
Detritivores
d)
Carnivores
16.
What is commensalism?
a)
Symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits while the other is harmed
b)
Symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits while the other is neither helped nor harmed
c)
Symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit
d)
Symbiotic relationship where both organisms are harmed
17.
What is parasitism?
a)
Symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits while the other is harmed
b)
Symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits while the other is neither helped nor harmed
c)
Symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit
d)
Symbiotic relationship where both organisms are harmed
18.
What is mutualism?
a)
Symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits while the other is harmed
b)
Symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits while the other is neither helped nor harmed
c)
Symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit
d)
Symbiotic relationship where both organisms are harmed
19.
What is symbiosis?
a)
A relationship where two organism live closely together
b)
Where two organism avoid each other completely 
c)
Where two organisms play cymbals together
d)
Where two organisms fight for food
20.
what is it called when one benefits and the host is harmed...
a)
playing
b)
plagerism
c)
parameciem
d)
parasitism
21.
What is the study on how living things interact with one another and their environment...
a)
Charles Darwin
b)
ecology
c)
evolution
d)
all of the above
22.
Organisms that feed on both living producers and other consumers.
a)
Carnivores
b)
Omnivores
c)
Herbivores
d)
Detritivores
23.
The nonliving aspects of an ecosystem.
a)
Abiotic factors
b)
Biotic factors
c)
nitrogen cycle
d)
carbon cycle
24.
What does a food web represent?
a)
All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.
b)
The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
c)
A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 
d)
How carnivores get their food. 
25.
The image provided is an example of a(n):
a)
Carnivore
b)
Herbivore
c)
Producer
d)
Autotroph