Worksheetsecology vocabulary
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 19mins
The nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
Abiotic factors
Biotic factors
The organisms that make up a community and the nonliving parts of the environment that they interact with are a(n)
Population
Community
Habitat
Ecosystem
Plants that convert energy from the sun are also called
decomposers
primary consumers
secondary consumers
producers
What are the abiotic factors in this image?
water, sunlight, dirt, air
birds and plants
birds, water, dirt
plants, water
An individual belonging to a specific species is a
Biotic
Community
Organism
Reptile
All of the fish and aquatic plants living in Mirror Lake are considered a
species
population
community
biome
The portion of the planet in which living things are found
ecosystem
biosphere
biome
atmosphere
Organisms that break down decaying material are
consumers
producers
decomposers
From an ecological standpoint, all of the humans in Meriden are called a
population
community
ecosystem
species
rivalry among living things for materials, energy sources, and other basic needs for survival, such as space, shelter, and mates
competition
predator
parasite
food web
a consumer that gets energy by eating dead organisms and wastes
decomposer
producer
predator
parasite
a diagram that uses arrows to show how different organisms in an ecosystem feed on or are eaten by other organisms
food web
competition
producer
biotic factor
an organism that a parasite feeds off of
host
predator
producer
decomposer
an organism that feeds on another organism by living on or in its body, usually without killing it
predator
parasite
consumer
decomposer
an organism that kills and consumes another organism
predator
prey
producer
parasite
an organism that is eaten by a predator
producer
prey
decomposer
parasite
Which of the following describes a relationship between organisms that make their own food and organisms that eat other organisms for energy?
producer/consumer
predator/prey
parasite/host
abiotic/biotic
What is a producer?
an organism that chases other organisms to eat it
an organism that eats other organisms
an organism that makes it's own food through photosynthesis
an organism that runs from another organism to they do not get eaten
What is a predator?
the characteristics of an organism
an animal that hunts it's food
an animal that is hunted
An organism that goes through photosynthesis
An organism that lives on or in another organism and takes it's resources is called____________.
Parasite
Host
Biotic
Abiotic
Which of the following is an example of a host?
leeches living on a human
sheep
lions chasing the lamb
air and water
rivalry among living things for materials, energy sources, and other basic needs for survival, such as space, shelter, and mates
competition
predator
parasite
food web
an organism that gets its energy by consuming, or eating, other living things
consumer
prey
producer
host
Which of the following describes a relationship between an organism that hunts and the organism that gets killed for food?
producer/consumer
predator/prey
parasite/host
abiotic/biotic
