WorksheetsEcology Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 10mins
An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
prey
decomposer
consumer
producer
The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organisms.
(a)
A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area → Community
True
False
A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web → water cycle
True
False
The total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level
(a)
An animal that hunts other animals for food
(a)
A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
Mutualism
Commensalism
Scavenger
Parasitism
One organism lives on or in another and harms it
Mutualism
Commensalism
Scavenger
Parasitism
A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected.
Mutualism
Commensalism
Scavenger
Parasitism
A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms.
Mutualism
Commensalism
Scavenger
Parasitism
An organism on which a parasite lives. → host
True
False
An organism that obtains its energy from eating plants and algae → Consumer
True
False
A series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
(a)
A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
Biosphere
Community
Population
Ecosystem
Consists of all life on Earth and all parts of the Earth in which life exists, including land, water, and the atmosphere.
(a)
A consumer that eats only plants.
Herbivore
Omnivore
Carnivore
A consumer that eats only plants, meats, and/or fruits.
Herbivore
Omnivore
Carnivore
An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms.
Consumer
Decomposer
Producer
Host
The type of area an organism lives is a _______________.
_____________ has space, water, food and shelter.
consumer
habitat
ecosystem
community
A more complex model to show the flow of energy in an ecosystem is a ________________
food web
energy pyramid
community
ecosystem
What kind of relationship?
Athletes foot (fungus) on a human
parasitism
mutualism
predation
commensalism
What kind of relationship?
An owl catching and eating a mouse
parasitism
mutualism
predation
commensalism
What kind of relationship?
A cattle egret (bird) riding on a cows back to eat insects that are stirred up from the cow walking through the grass. The cow doesn't mind.
parasitism
mutualism
predation
commensalism
What are the abiotic factors in this image?
water, sunlight, dirt, air
birds and plants
birds, water, dirt
plants, water
A(n) _______________________ is a triangular diagram that shows an ecosystem's loss of energy, which results as energy passes through the ecosystem's food chain.
food chain
food web
energy pyramid
competition
In an ecosystem, living things are called _ and non-living things are called _.
biotic, abiotic
abiotic, biotic
organisms, decomposers
herbivores, decomposers
A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment. → Ecosystem
True
False
