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ECOLOGY VOCABULARY

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Anything that prevents a population from growing

a)

Carrying Capacity

b)

Limiting Factor

c)

Ecology

d)

Immigration

2.

Any naturally-occurring event that has an effect on an ecosystem

a)

Natural hazard

b)

Carrying Capacity

c)

Limiting factor

d)

Emigration

3.

Individual ecosystems grouped together by climate, vegetation, the types of living organisms found in a particular environment

a)

Biome

b)

Population

c)

Community

d)

Ecosystem

4.

Show the position an organism has in a food chain

a)

Trophic Levels

b)

Food Chain

c)

Food Web

d)

Animal Pyramid

5.

The temperature and amount of rainfall in an environment

a)

Ecosystem

b)

Biome

c)

Climate

d)

Weather

6.

Living things in an environment such as insects, birds, or bacteria

a)

Abiotic

b)

Biotic

c)

Population

d)

Habitat

7.

All of the members of the same species in a certain area/region at a certain time

a)

Ecosystem

b)

Population

c)

Community

d)

Habitat

8.

The natural home or environment of an organism

a)

Community

b)

Population

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Habitat

9.

Non-living things in the environment

a)

Biotic

b)

Abiotic

c)

Animals

d)

Habitat

10.

Picture/graph that shows a series of organisms dependent on each other

a)

Energy Pyramid

b)

Food Chain

c)

Food Web

d)

Ecosystem

11.

The max number of organisms that can be survive in an ecosystem

a)

Limiting Factor

b)

Carrying Capacity

c)

Natural Hazard

d)

One Million

12.

The number of organisms in a certain area

a)

One Million

b)

Carrying Capacity

c)

Population

13.

Picture/graph that shows the flow of energy through an ecosystem

a)

Energy Web

b)

Food Web

c)

Energy Pyramid

d)

Food Pyramid

14.

All the abiotic factors (including light, temperature, water, & soil) + all the different communities in an area.

a)

Biome

b)

Ecosystem

c)

Population

d)

Community

15.

An organism’s role in an ecosystem

a)

Niche

b)

Prey

c)

Predator

d)

Decomposer

16.

Made up of more than one, interconnecting food chains

a)

Food Chains

b)

Food Pyramid

c)

Energy Pyramid

d)

Food Web

17.

When a population declines by members leaving a population

a)

Immigration

b)

Death Rate

c)

Emigration

d)

Birth Rate

18.

All of the different populations in certain area/region at a certain time

a)

Population

b)

Community

c)

Biome

d)

Environment

19.

An individual living organism

a)

Population

b)

Community

c)

Species

d)

Biome

20.

When a population grows by new members joining a population

a)

Birth rate

b)

Immigration

c)

Emigration

d)

Death Rate

21.

Level 1 Consumer

a)

Animal that eats other animals

b)

Animal that eatrs producers

c)

Animal at the top of the food chain

d)

Plant

22.

Organism that eats both plants and animals

a)

Herbivore

b)

Carnivore

c)

Omnivore

d)

Vegetarian

23.

A producer

a)

Eats dead organisms

b)

Eats animals

c)

is a plant eater

d)

Makes its own food using the enrgy from the Sun

24.

Which of these is an example of an ecosystem

a)

tundra

b)

taiga

c)

flock of geese

d)

coral reef

25.

What are the living components of an ecosystem?

a)

Abiotic Factors

b)

Food webs

c)

Food chains

d)

Biotic Factors

26.

If a drought occurs in an ecosystem an the population of geese stops growing, what is this called?

a)

Carrying Capacity

b)

Limiting Factor

c)

Tragic

d)

Ecological malady

27.

Which of these would be considered a decomposer?

a)

lions

b)

snake

c)

mushroom

d)

grass

28.

An animal that eats an animal that eats plants is_______

a)

a primary consumer

b)

a level 2 consumer

c)

a decomposer

d)

a herbivore

29.

Which of these is an interaction within a population?

a)

A fox eating a rabbit

b)

A flock of geese migrating

c)

A tick feeds on a deer

d)

A dog chasing a cat

30.

Which of these is an example of a biome?

a)

pond

b)

forest

c)

ocean

d)

lake