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Ecology Definitions

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Ecology

a)

Is the study of the interrelationships between plants, animals and their environment

b)

Is the study of plants and animals

c)

Is the study of plants, animals and the place in which they live

d)

Is the study of how the body work

2.

Biosphere

a)

The part of earth that has life

b)

The earths surface

c)

The part of the earth that contain living things

d)

The part of the earth that contains dead things

3.

Ecosystem

a)

The biosphere

b)

A group of plants and animals

c)

An environment

d)

Organisms and their interactions with the environment

4.

Habitat

a)

The part of the earth that has living things

b)

Interrelationship between plants and animals

c)

A group of animals living together

d)

The place where species live

5.

Niche

a)

Non-living

b)

An organisms functional role that it plays in the community

c)

Different species sharing the resources in an ecosystem

d)

The parts of the earth that contain living things.

6.

Population

a)

Different species sharing the resources in an ecosystem

b)

Members of a species in a habitat

c)

Members of one species living in an ecosystem

d)

Living things

7.

Community

a)

Different species sharing the resources in an ecosystem

b)

The number of specie in an enviornment

c)

The same organisms in an ecosystem

d)

Members of one species living in an ecosystem

8.

Abiotic

a)

Non-living

b)

Living

c)

Dead

9.

Climate

a)

The amount of rain, wind and sunshine

b)

The weather over a short period of time

c)

Refers to weather over a long period of time

d)

The weather recorded over the previous week

10.

Biotic

a)

Relates to soil

b)

Organic matter

c)

Non-living

d)

Living

11.

Edaphic

a)

Relates to the weather

b)

Relates to soil

c)

Relates to organisms

d)

Relates to the climate