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Ecology Vocabulary - WIS

Total questions: 49

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:
a)
Autotroph
b)
Producer
c)
Consumer
d)
Mutualist
2.

The nonliving parts of an ecosystem.

a)

Abiotic factors

b)

Biotic factors

3.
The living portions of the ecosystem.
a)
Biotic factors
b)
Abiotic factors
4.

The organisms that make up a community and the nonliving parts of the environment that they interact with are a(n)

a)

Population

b)

Community

c)

Habitat

d)

Ecosystem

5.

What are the abiotic factors in this image?

a)

water, sunlight, dirt, air

b)

birds and plants

c)

birds, water, dirt

d)

plants, water

6.

An individual belonging to a specific species is a

a)

Biotic

b)

Community

c)

Organism

d)

Reptile

7.
The study of how living things interact with one another and with their environment.
a)
Biology
b)
Lithology
c)
Ecology
d)
Farmacology
8.

Organisms that break down decaying material are

a)

consumers

b)

producers

c)

decomposers

9.

What is a decomposer?

a)

An organism that makes its' own food

b)

An organism that eats plants

c)

An organism that returns nutrients to the soil by consuming wastes and dead organisms

d)

An organism that eats both plants and animals

10.
a group of plants or animals that are alike...
a)
species
b)
organisms
c)
radiation
d)
directly
11.
The maintenance of a stable internal environment is ....
a)
Stimuls
b)
Homeostasis
12.
the path of food energy from one living thing to another
a)
food chain
b)
food web
c)
organism
d)
energy
13.
a connection of food chains that shows many food energy paths
a)
food web
b)
energy web
c)
energy chain
d)
ecosystem
14.
a consumer that eats only plants
a)
herbivore
b)
carnivore
c)
omnivore
d)
predator
15.
a consumer that eats only other animals (meat)
a)
herbivore
b)
carnivore
c)
omnivore
d)
decomposer
16.
a living thing - plant, animal, bacteria...
a)
organism
b)
producer
c)
predator
d)
energy
17.

An animal that eats plants and other animals

a)

omnivore

b)

producer

c)

consumer

d)

herbivore

18.
Where an organism lives
a)
habitat
b)
niche 
c)
heterotrogh
d)
biosphere
19.
symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit
a)
competition
b)
Mutualism
c)
nitrogen fixation
d)
energy pyramid
20.
symbiotic relationship in which one organisms benefits and the other organism is not affected
a)
invasive (non-native) species
b)
mutualism 
c)
nitrogen fixation
d)
commensalism
21.
Both a hawk and a snake eat voles. What type of relationship do the hawk and the snake have?
a)
Parasitism
b)
Commensalism
c)
Mutualism
d)
Competitors
22.
Salamanders live in cool, damp places like underneath rocks. This is a description of a salamander's: 
a)
habitat
b)
niche
c)
community
d)
decorating preferences
23.
An animal that is hunted and eaten for food is a 
a)
predator
b)
prey
24.
The animals that live in this valley have basic needs to survive. ALL BUT one of these non-living features is a basic need of the animals living here.
a)
food.
b)
oxygen.
c)
shelter.
d)
carbon dioxide.
25.
A Reactant of Photosynthesis is
a)
Carbon Dioxide
b)
Oxygen
c)
Sugar
d)
ATP
26.
A Product of Photosynthesis is
a)
Carbon Dioxide
b)
Water
c)
Sugar
d)
Sunlight
27.
A Reactant of Cell Respiration is
a)
Carbon Dioxide
b)
Water
c)
Oxygen
d)
Sunlight
28.

In the wild, some alligators gets their teeth cleaned by birds. The birds gets their food from the alligators' teeth.

What type of symbiosis is this?

a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitism

d)

Neutralism

29.

A relationship between a flea and a dog is considered an example of ________________.

a)

mutualism

b)

commensalism

c)

symbiotic

d)

parasitism

30.

The total variation of species within a given population

a)

Biodiversity

b)

Population

c)

Pioneer Species

d)

Symbiosis

31.

Photosynthesis is important because...

a)

it makes carbon dioxide

b)

it makes food for the food webs

c)

it makes water

d)

it's not important

32.

Environment:

a)

Where something exists or lives

b)

Making something new out of something old

c)

Protecting things in nature

d)

Prevent leakage in landfills

33.

What three things are needed for a plant to photosynthesise?

a)

Glucose, Oxygen, Sunlight

b)

CO2, Oxygen, Sunlight

c)

CO2, Water, Sunlight

d)

Oxygen, Water, Sunlight

34.

Another word for sugar is?

a)

chlorophyll

b)

cellulose

c)

glucose

d)

oxygen

35.

______________ is a substance or object in the environment required by an organism for normal growth, maintenance, and reproduction.

a)

Resource

b)

Atom

c)

Energy

36.

What is the chemical formula for water?

a)

NACI

b)

BA3

c)

CO2

d)

H2O

37.

Another word or synonym for BALANCE is

a)

inconsistency

b)

stability

c)

unstable

38.

The outward features of something

a)

external

b)

internal

c)

interior

d)

inward

39.

An atom is... Choose all that apply.

a)

The smallest particle of an element

b)

what all matter is made up of

c)

The basic particle from which all elements are made

d)

a mixture

40.

A group of two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds

a)

atom

b)

chemical formula

c)

molecule

d)

compound

41.
The Law of Conservation of Energy states:
a)
Energy can created or destroyed but not transformed 
b)
Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only transformed
c)
Energy can't be created, destroyed or transformed
42.
What is the Law of Conservation of mass?
a)
Mass is created in a chemical reaction
b)
Mass is created in a physical change
c)
New chemicals formed from a chemical reaction have a larger overall mass than the original reactants
d)
Mass is never created or destroyed
43.

Oxygen is a gas produced by _____ and used by ________

a)

plants and animals

b)

photosynthesis and carbon dioxide

c)

animals and plants

d)

carbon dioxide and photosynthesis

44.

The term for two or more people or things dependent on each other.

a)

interdependent

b)

dependent

c)

intermittent

d)

international

45.

A host is: (Check all that apply)

a)

An organism that cannot make its own food

b)

An organism that a parasite lives with, in, or on

c)

Provides a source of energy or a suitable environment for the parasite to live

d)

The central region of the sun

46.

All species provide some kind of function to an ecosystem. This is referred to as their _____________________.

a)

Habitat

b)

Place in this world

c)

Citizenship

d)

Ecological role

47.

Native species are

a)

An organism that causes ecological or economic harm in a new environment where it is not native.

b)

Species that normally lives and thrives in a particular ecosystem.

48.

What is the meaning of Mutually Beneficial Interactions?(check all that apply)

a)

Interdependency

b)

Mutualism

c)

Win-Win

d)

Organisms often provide resources or services to each other

49.

What is the meaning of INTERNAL? (Check all that apply)

a)

Inside

b)

Interior

c)

Outside

d)

Central

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