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Ecology Vocab part 2

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

____________is an animal that moves pollen from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma of a flower .i.e Bee or butterfly

a)

Keystone Species

b)

Pollinator

c)

Detritivore

d)

Symbiosis

2.

____________An animal that consumes both plants and animals to gain energy & matter.

a)

Omnivore

b)

Herbivore

c)

Detritivore

d)

Carnivore

3.

____________An animal that consumes other animals to gain energy & matter.

a)

Omnivore

b)

Herbivore

c)

Detritivore

d)

Carnivore

4.

____________is an organism that eats dead or decaying plants or animals as food. i.e. microorganisms such as bacteria and larger organisms such as fungi, insects, worms, and some crustaceans.

a)

Omnivore

b)

Herbivore

c)

Detritivore

d)

Carnivore

5.

A vegetarian would most likely be called ________scientifically.

a)

Omnivore

b)

Herbivore

c)

Detritivore

d)

Carnivore

6.

____________An organism that breaks down, but does not consume, dead organisms

a)

Omnivore

b)

Herbivore

c)

Detritivore

d)

Decomposer

7.

___________When there is a limited supply of a resource an organism must fight over it

a)

Competition

b)

Predation

c)

Commensalism

d)

Symbiosis

8.

___________An animal being hunted, caught, and eaten by another animal

a)

Competition

b)

Predation

c)

Prey

d)

Predator

9.

___________An animal that captures and feeds on the other organism that serves as the prey

a)

Competition

b)

Predation

c)

Prey

d)

Predator

10.

___________the relationship/interaction between predator and prey which influences organisms at two ecological levels.

a)

Competition

b)

Predation

c)

Prey

d)

Predator

11.

____________A relationship between two different species

a)

Predation

b)

Symbiosis

c)

Parasitism

d)

Mutualism

e)

Commensalism

12.

____________A relationship that benefits one species and harms the other

a)

Predation

b)

Symbiosis

c)

Parasitism

d)

Mutualism

e)

Commensalism

13.

____________ A relationship that benefits both species involved

a)

Predation

b)

Symbiosis

c)

Parasitism

d)

Mutualism

e)

Commensalism

14.

____________ A relationship that benefits one species and neither harms nor benefits the other.

a)

Predation

b)

Symbiosis

c)

Parasitism

d)

Mutualism

e)

Commensalism

15.

_______________A single directional flow energy & matter in an ecosystem. A series of organisms showing how each living thing gets energy & matter from its food

a)

Trophic level

b)

Food Chain

c)

Food Web

d)

Energy Pyramid

16.

_______________A multi-directional flow energy & matter in an ecosystem. A network of 2-3 interacting/interlocking food chains by which energy & matter is passed from one species to another through a series of interactions.

a)

Trophic level

b)

Food Chain

c)

Food Web

d)

Energy Pyramid

17.

_______________Shows the available energy & matter in an ecosystem. Often organized from Producer=>1st order consumers=>2nd order Consumers=> 3rd order consumers=> 4th order Consumers/Apex Predator!

a)

Trophic level

b)

Food Chain

c)

Food Web

d)

Energy Pyramid

18.

In an Energy pyramid there is only 10% of energy available at each ____________, while 90% get lost.

a)

Trophic level

b)

Food Chain

c)

Food Web

d)

Energy Pyramid

19.

In an Energy pyramid there is only ________% of energy _______ at each trophic level while __________% get lost as _______.

a)

10 % Available, 90% heat and metabolic energy

b)

90 % Available,10% heat and metabolic energy

c)

10 %heat and metabolic energy, and 90% Available

d)

90 %heat and metabolic energy, and 10% Available

20.

Arrows in a food chain or food web show the ____________ in an ecosystem.

a)

who eats who

b)

predator

c)

prey

d)

the flow of energy and matter

21.

water, rain, and weather are________

a)

biology

b)

biotic

c)

Abiotic

d)

ecology