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Populations and Ecosystems Vocabulary

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Organism

a)

A change in organisms to help them survive, but does not change the species of the organism.

b)

The place where living and nonliving things exist and interact.

c)

Anything non-living and has never been alive.

d)

Any living thing.

2.

Recessive Trait

a)

A characteristic of an organism that has a much higher chance of being passed from parents to their young.

b)

A characteristic of an organism that has a much lower chance of being passed from parents to their young.

c)

How and why traits are passed from parents to their young.

d)

The highest number of organisms that can exist in an ecosystem before becoming too many for the resources around.

3.

Ecosystem

a)

A change in organisms to help them survive, but does not change the species of the organism.

b)

The study of how and why populations of organisms shrink or grow.

c)

Energy moving from one source to another.

d)

The place where living and nonliving things exist and interact.

4.

Biotic

a)

Anything non-living and has never been alive.

b)

Anything that is alive, or was alive at some point.

c)

Certain characteristics of organisms that can be passed on from parents to their young.

d)

The study of how and why populations of organisms shrink or grow.

5.

Adaptation

a)

The highest number of organisms that can exist in an ecosystem before becoming too many for the resources around.

b)

Stronger organisms survive but weaker organisms die out.

c)

A change in organisms to help them survive, which ends up with the organism becoming a new species.

d)

A change in organisms to help them survive, but does not change the species of the organism.

6.

Trait

a)

Certain characteristics of organisms that can be passed on from parents to their young.

b)

Energy moving from one source to another.

c)

The highest number of organisms that can exist in an ecosystem before becoming too many for the resources around.

d)

A change in organisms to help them survive, but does not change the species of the organism.

7.

Abiotic

a)

Stronger organisms survive but weaker organisms die out.

b)

Anything that is alive, or was alive at some point.

c)

Anything non-living and has never been alive.

d)

How and why traits are passed from parents to their young.

8.

Evolution

a)

A change in organisms to help them survive, but does not change the species of the organism.

b)

The study of how and why populations of organisms shrink or grow.

c)

A characteristic of an organism that has a much higher chance of being passed from parents to their young.

d)

A change in organisms to help them survive, which ends up with the organism becoming a new species.

9.

Natural Selection

a)

A characteristic of an organism that has a much lower chance of being passed from parents to their young.

b)

Stronger organisms survive but weaker organisms die out.

c)

How and why traits are passed from parents to their young.

d)

The place where living and nonliving things exist and interact.

10.

Population Dynamics

a)

The study of how and why populations of organisms shrink or grow.

b)

How and why traits are passed from parents to their young.

c)

Certain characteristics of organisms that can be passed on from parents to their young.

d)

Any living thing.

11.

Genetics

a)

How and why traits are passed from parents to their young.

b)

The place where living and nonliving things exist and interact.

c)

Energy moving from one source to another.

d)

Stronger organisms survive but weaker organisms die out.

12.

Carrying Capacity

a)

Stronger organisms survive but weaker organisms die out.

b)

A change in organisms to help them survive, but does not change the species of the organism.

c)

A characteristic of an organism that has a much higher chance of being passed from parents to their young.

d)

The highest number of organisms that can exist in an ecosystem before becoming too many for the resources around.

13.

Dominant Trait

a)

A characteristic of an organism that has a much higher chance of being passed from parents to their young.

b)

A characteristic of an organism that has a much lower chance of being passed from parents to their young.

c)

The place where living and nonliving things exist and interact.

d)

Energy moving from one source to another.

14.

Energy Transfer

a)

How and why traits are passed from parents to their young.

b)

Energy moving from one source to another.

c)

Any living thing.

d)

The place where living and nonliving things exist and interact.