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Ch. 20-21 Vocabulary By: Bryan Tejano

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A living thing

a)

habitat

b)

species

c)

organism

d)

population

2.

The specific environment that provides the things an organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce

a)

abiotic factor

b)

habitat

c)

biotic factor

d)

ecosystem

3.

biotic factor

a)

a living part of an organism's habitat

b)

a nonliving part of an organism's habitat

c)

a living part of an organism's species

d)

a nonliving part of an organism's species

4.

a nonliving part of an organism's habitat - biotic factor

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

5.

the process in which some organisms use water along with sunlight and carbon dioxide to make their own food

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

precipitation

d)

photosynthesis

6.

a group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce

a)

population

b)

environment

c)

species

d)

birth rate

7.

population

a)

all the different populations that live together in an area

b)

all the members of one species in a particular area

c)

the number of individuals in an area of a specific size

d)

lots of people

8.

all the different populations that live together in an area - community

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

9.

the study of how living things interact with each other and with the environment - ecosystem

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

10.

the community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their nonliving surroundings

a)

community

b)

population

c)

estimate

d)

ecosystem

11.

estimate

a)

a random guess

b)

quitting

c)

an approximation of a letter, based on reasonable assumptions

d)

guessing like a boss

e)

an approximation of a number, based on reasonable assumptions

12.

the number of births in a population in a certain amount of time

a)

birth rate

b)

death rate

c)

weight rate

d)

population

13.

the number of deaths in a population in a certain amount of time

a)

birth rate

b)

death rate

c)

weight rate

d)

population

14.

moving into a population (there are TWO answers)

a)

emigration

b)

immigration

c)

immigration

d)

emigration

15.

leaving a population (this one has ONE answer)

a)

emigration

b)

immigration

c)

immigration

d)

emmigration

16.

population density

a)

the number of individuals in an area of a specific size

b)

all the members of one species in a particular area

17.

an environmental factor that causes a population to decrease - limiting factor

a)

FASLE

b)

TRUE

18.

the largest population that an area can support - competition

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

19.

an environmental factor that causes a population to decrease - limiting factor

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

20.

Carrying Capacity

a)

the largest population that an area can support

b)

the role an organism in its habitat, or how it makes its living

c)

carrying a storage unit

d)

idk

21.

a characteristic that makes an individual better suited to its environment that may eventually become common in that species - natural capacity

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

c)

hi. this is a person who thinks this is both true and false even though it is false hehe it is true

22.

the behaviors and physical characteristics that allow organisms to live successfully in their environments - adaptions

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

23.

the behaviors and physical characteristics that allow organisms to live successfully in their environments - niche

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

24.

the role of an organism in its habitat, or how it makes its living - niche

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE

25.

the struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource - competition

a)

TURE

b)

TERU

c)

TRUE

d)

TREU

26.

an interaction in which one organism kills another for food

a)

predation

b)

predator

c)

prey

27.

the organism that does the killing

a)

predation

b)

predator

c)

prey

28.

the organism that is killed

a)

predation

b)

predator

c)

prey

29.

a close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species

a)

VENOM

b)

symbiosis

c)
d)
30.

a relationship in which both species benefit

a)

commensalism

b)

parasitism

c)

mutualism

d)
31.

a relationship in which one species benefits and the other species is neither helped of harmed

a)

parasitism

b)

commensalism

c)

muturalism

d)

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32.

involves with one organism living on or inside another organism and harming it

a)

parasitism

b)

parasite

c)

host

33.

the organism that benefits

a)

host

b)

parasitism

c)

parasite

34.

the organism the parasite lives on or in

a)

host

b)

parasitism

c)

parasite

35.

an organism that can make its own food

a)

consumer

b)

producer

c)

organism

d)

scavenger

36.

an organism feeding on other organisms

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

carnivore

d)

scavenger

37.

consumers that eat only plants

a)

herbivore

b)

carnivore

c)

omnivore

d)

scavenger

38.

consumers that eat only animals

a)

herbivore

b)

carnivore

c)

omnivore

d)

scavenger

39.

consumers that eat both plants and animals

a)

herbivore

b)

carnivore

c)

omnivore

d)

scavenger

40.

a carnivore that feeds off the bodies of dead organisms

a)

herbivore

b)

carnivore

c)

omnivore

d)

scavenger

41.

organisms that break down wastes and dead organisms and return the raw materials to the ecosystem

a)

decomposer

b)

food web

c)

food

d)

mushroom (yum)

42.

a series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy

a)

food web

b)

energy pyramid

c)

food chain

d)

biogeography

43.

many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem - food web

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

44.

shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in the food web

a)

food chain

b)

food web

c)

energy pyramid

d)

protien bar

45.

the continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back

a)

water cycle

b)

evaporation

c)

condensation

d)

precipitation

e)

photosynthesis

46.

the process by which molecules of liquid water absorb energy and change into a gas

a)

water cycle

b)

evaporation

c)

condensation

d)

precipitation

e)

photosynthesis

47.

the process by which a gas changes back into a liquid

a)

water cycle

b)

evaporation

c)

condensation

d)

precipitation

e)

photosynthesis

48.

heavy rain drops come back to Earth's surface as rain, snow sleet, or hail

a)

water cycle

b)

evaporation

c)

condensation

d)

precipitation

e)

photosynthesis

49.

the process of changing free nitrogen into a usable form of nitrogen - water cycle

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

50.

the process of changing free nitrogen into a usable form of nitrogen - nitrogen fixation

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE

51.

the study where organisms live

a)

biogeography

b)

ecology

c)

yummy cake

52.

receives as much as 120 cm of rain per year

a)

savanna

b)

tundra

c)

desert

d)

grassland

53.

trees that shed their leaves and grow new ones each year

a)

deciduous tree

b)

coniferous tree

54.

trees that produce their seeds in cones and have leaves shaped like needles

a)

deciduous tree

b)

coniferous tree

55.

an extremely cold and dry biome

a)

savanna

b)

tundra

c)

desert

d)

grassland

56.

frozen soil

a)

permafrost

b)

estuary

c)

canopy

d)

biome

57.

found where the fresh water of a river meets the salt water of the ocean

a)

delta

b)

intertidal zone

c)

esturary

d)

neritic zone

58.

between the highest high tide to the lowest low tide

a)

esturary

b)

intertidal zone

c)

neritic zone

d)

the sea

e)
59.

the region below the low tide of shallow water - neritic zone

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

60.

continental drift

a)

the movement of organisms from one place to another

b)

the process when the plates move, making the continents to move too

c)

a leafy roof formed by tall trees

d)

an area that is populated mostly by grasses and non-woody plants

61.

the movement of organisms from one place to another

a)

continental drift

b)

dispersal

c)

desert

d)

grassland

62.

an organism that is carried into a new location by people

a)

biome

b)

understory

c)

exotic species

d)

canopy

63.

the typical weather pattern in an area over a long period of time

a)

biome

b)

dispersal

c)

food chain

d)

climate

64.

a group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organims

a)

biome

b)

population

c)

ecosystem

65.

a leafy roof formed by tall trees

a)

grassland

b)

leafland

c)

understory

d)

canopy

66.

a second layer of shorter trees and vines

a)

other leafland

b)

still leafland

c)

canopy

d)

understory

e)

chicken nuggets

67.

an area that receives less than 25 cm of rain per year

a)

grassland

b)

desert

c)

dessert

d)

cookie

68.

an area that is populated with mostly grasses and non-woody plants

a)

grassland

b)

desert

c)

forest

d)

tundra

69.

Who is excited for FINALS!!!!

a)

meh...

b)

Me

c)

I LOVE FINALS

d)

I JUST WANT SUMMER PLEASE!!!!!!

70.

Who is excited for SUMMER!!!!

a)

not me

b)

I want to graduate

c)

YASSSSSS!!!!!! SUMMER IS HERE!!!!!!!

d)

meh...

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