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Ecology 1-2 Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Ecology is all about...

a)

Animals

b)

Food Chains

c)

Autotrophs

d)

Interactions

2.

What is each level on a food pyramid or food chain called?

a)

Energy Pyramind

b)

Trophic Level

c)

Limiting Factor

3.

The frog eats the cricket. Give 3 words to describe the frog.

a)

primary consumer (1°), carnivore, autotroph

b)

secondary consumer (2°), herbivore, heterotroph

c)

primary consumer (1°), omnivore, heterotroph

d)

secondary consumer (2°), carnivore, heterotroph

4.

What is a population?

a)

groups of different species living in the same area

b)

group of the same species living in the same area

c)

includes all of the organisms and non-living things in an area

d)

major regional or global community

5.

What is a community?

a)

Different populations of organisms living in the same environment.

b)

One population of organism living in the same environment.

c)

Different populations of organisms living in more than two environments.

d)

One population of organism living in more than two environments.

6.

In an ecosystem, living things are called _ and non-living things are called _.

a)

biotic, abiotic

b)

abiotic, biotic

c)

organisms, decomposers

d)

herbivores, decomposers

7.

What do the arrows show in the food web?

a)

they show which organisms are doing cellular respiration

b)

they show which way the energy is flowing

c)

they show which organisms are doing photosynthesis

8.

Part of the earth’s surface that includes land, water, and atmosphere where living organisms exist

a)

Decomposer

b)

Ecosystem

c)

Population

d)

Biosphere

9.

All of the interacting species within a particular ecosystem

a)

Population

b)

Biome

c)

Organism

d)

Community

10.

Heterotrophic organisms that must consume other organisms for survival

a)

Consumer

b)

Decomposer

c)

Producer

d)

Organism

11.

An organism that feeds on dead or decaying plant or animal remains

a)

Detritivore

b)

Decomposer

c)

Producer

d)

Consumer

12.

A living thing that portrays the basic characteristics of life

a)

Organism

b)

Population

c)

Community

d)

Ecosystem

13.

Autotrophic organisms that undergo photosynthesis

a)

Producers

b)

Consumers

c)

Detritivores

d)

Decomposers

14.
An organism that produces its own food supply from inorganic compounds is called a(an)
a)
heterotroph
b)
consumer
c)
detritivore
d)
autotroph
15.
An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:
a)
Autotroph
b)
Producer
c)
Consumer
d)
Mutualist
16.

What are the abiotic factors in this image?

a)

water, sunlight, dirt, air

b)

birds and plants

c)

birds, water, dirt

d)

plants, water

17.

All of the fish and aquatic plants living in Mirror Lake are considered a

a)

species

b)

population

c)

community

d)

biome

18.
A way of showing how food chains are interrelated
a)
Ecosystem
b)
Niche
c)
Food Web
d)
Energy pyramid
19.
A link of organisms where each organism eats the one ahead and gets eaten by the one behind
a)
Food Web
b)
Food Chain
c)
Trophic Level
d)
Energy Pyramid
20.
Organisms that consume producers for food
a)
Autotroph
b)
Heterotroph
c)
Producer