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Ecology Vocab

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a living thing?

a)

Organism

b)

Biotic Factor

c)

Population

d)

Abiotic Factor

2.
A place where an organism lives.
a)
Terrain
b)
Habitat
c)
Community
d)
Population
3.
The living portions of the ecosystem.
a)
Biotic factors
b)
Abiotic factors
4.
The nonliving aspects of an ecosystem.
a)
Abiotic factors
b)
Biotic factors
5.

What is the process by which organisms make glucose out of water, carbon dioxide, and sunlight?

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Photomaking

c)

Cooking

d)

Cellular respiration

6.

What is a group of organisms able to mate and make offspring that can reproduce with each other?

a)

Species

b)

Ecosystem

c)

Population

d)

Community

7.

How many species are in a population?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

None of the above

8.

What are interacting populations called?

a)

Community

b)

Ecosystem

c)

Biotic Factor

d)

Population

9.

What is a system of interacting communities called

a)

Biome

b)

Biosphere

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Species

10.
 _____is the study of how living things interact with each other and with their environment. 
a)
Ecosystem
b)
Ecology
c)
Habitat
11.

What is it called when certain animals spend the winter in a dormant condition?

a)

HIbernation

b)

Sleepytime

c)

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d)

Sleeping in on the weekends

12.

____________ is when a population moves to a different location.

a)

HIbernation

b)

Migration

c)

Road trip

d)

Adaptation

13.

________ is when an organism becomes more favorable for natural selection through a change in its biology.

a)

Evolution

b)

Adaptation

c)

Migration

d)

Hibernation

14.

What is a state of minimal metabolic activity with absence of growth called?

a)

Hibernation

b)

Dormant Condition

c)

Migration

d)

Adaptation