WorksheetsEcology Vocab
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is the branch of science that deals with the study of living things and their relationship with the environment?
Anthropology
Ecology
Ecosystems
An ecosystem only includes the living organisms that live in it.
True
False
Which of the following is an example of an ORGANISM?
Seaweed
Water
Rocks
What are the living parts of an ecosystem called?
Biotic Factors
Abiotic Factors
Sun, soil, water, temperature, and air are all examples of what?
Biotic Factors
Abiotic Factors
A specific type of animal or plant is called:
Organism
Population
Species
A POPULATION:
Includes all of the species living in the same area at the same time.
Includes all of the populations in the same area at the same time.
A specific type of animal or plant.
An example of a community is:
All of the hermit crabs on a beach.
All of the living and nonliving parts of the beach.
All of the plants and animals on the beach.
An organism that uses energy from the sun to make it's own food is called a:
carnivore
consumer
producer
decomposer
An organism that must eat to get energy is called a:
decomposer
producer
composer
What is a decomposer?
An organism that breaks down dead plants and animals.
An organism that uses energy from the sun to make it's own food.
An organism that must eat to get energy.
A consumer that eats animals only.
herbivore
carnivore
omnivore
A consumer that eats plants only.
herbivore
carnivore
omnivore
A consumer that eats both plants and animals.
herbivore
carnivore
omnivore
A PRIMARY consumer is the ________ consumer in a food chain.
First
Second
Third
Fifth
SECONDARY consumers are always:
Herbivores
Carnivores
Producers
TERTIARY consumers eat:
Producers
Primary Consumers
Secondary Consumers
A FOOD WEB shows:
how spiders catch food.
how energy moves between ALL of the organisms in an ecosystem.
how energy moves between producers.
The most energy in an energy pyramid is found:
at the top
in the middle
at the bottom
