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Ecology Vocab

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the branch of science that deals with the study of living things and their relationship with the environment?

a)

Anthropology

b)

Ecology

c)

Ecosystems

2.

An ecosystem only includes the living organisms that live in it.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Which of the following is an example of an ORGANISM?

a)

Seaweed

b)

Water

c)

Rocks

4.

What are the living parts of an ecosystem called?

a)

Biotic Factors

b)

Abiotic Factors

5.

Sun, soil, water, temperature, and air are all examples of what?

a)

Biotic Factors

b)

Abiotic Factors

6.

A specific type of animal or plant is called:

a)

Organism

b)

Population

c)

Species

7.

A POPULATION:

a)

Includes all of the species living in the same area at the same time.

b)

Includes all of the populations in the same area at the same time.

c)

A specific type of animal or plant.

8.

An example of a community is:

a)

All of the hermit crabs on a beach.

b)

All of the living and nonliving parts of the beach.

c)

All of the plants and animals on the beach.

9.

An organism that uses energy from the sun to make it's own food is called a:

a)

carnivore

b)

consumer

c)

producer

d)

decomposer

10.

An organism that must eat to get energy is called a:

a)

decomposer

b)

producer

c)

composer

11.

What is a decomposer?

a)

An organism that breaks down dead plants and animals.

b)

An organism that uses energy from the sun to make it's own food.

c)

An organism that must eat to get energy.

12.

A consumer that eats animals only.

a)

herbivore

b)

carnivore

c)

omnivore

13.

A consumer that eats plants only.

a)

herbivore

b)

carnivore

c)

omnivore

14.

A consumer that eats both plants and animals.

a)

herbivore

b)

carnivore

c)

omnivore

15.

A PRIMARY consumer is the ________ consumer in a food chain.

a)

First

b)

Second

c)

Third

d)

Fifth

16.

SECONDARY consumers are always:

a)

Herbivores

b)

Carnivores

c)

Producers

17.

TERTIARY consumers eat:

a)

Producers

b)

Primary Consumers

c)

Secondary Consumers

18.

A FOOD WEB shows:

a)

how spiders catch food.

b)

how energy moves between ALL of the organisms in an ecosystem.

c)

how energy moves between producers.

19.

The most energy in an energy pyramid is found:

a)

at the top

b)

in the middle

c)

at the bottom