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Ecology Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Ecology is the study of .

a)

life

b)

Interactions among organisms and their environments

c)

interactions among organisms

d)

how traits are passed from parents to offspring

2.
An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:
a)
Autotroph
b)
Producer
c)
Consumer
d)
Mutualist
3.
Where an organism lives
a)
habitat
b)
niche 
c)
heterotrogh
d)
biosphere
4.
The nonliving aspects of an ecosystem.
a)
Abiotic factors
b)
Biotic factors
5.
The living portions of the ecosystem.
a)
Biotic factors
b)
Abiotic factors
6.
A collection of organisms that make up a community as well as all of the nonliving aspects of the environment.
a)
Population
b)
Community
c)
Habitat
d)
Ecosystem
7.

One of any living thing is called a/an _______________.

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

biotic factor

d)

organism

8.

When a population grows past the ecosystem's carrying capacity, what happens to the population?

a)

Continues to grow

b)

The population starts to die off until the numbers are below the carrying capacity

c)

The population will go extinct due to lack of resources

d)

The population grows then finds a new carrying capacity

9.

Large regions characterized by climate and communities of species grouped together

a)

biotic

b)

abiotic

c)

biomes

d)

tropical

10.

The patterns that weather forms in an area over seasons and years is known as that region's ____________

a)

Weather

b)

Season

c)

Climate

d)

Global Warming

11.

Climates change very slowly, over hundreds or thousands of years.

a)

True

b)

False

12.
Different populations living and interacting with each other in the same area
a)
Biome
b)
Ecosystem
c)
Community
d)
Niche
13.

All of the squirrels living in Hubbard Park would be considered a

a)

population

b)

community

c)

ecosystem

d)

organism

14.

All of the fish and aquatic plants living in Mirror Lake are considered a

a)

species

b)

population

c)

community

d)

biome

15.

From an ecological standpoint, all of the humans in Meriden are called a

a)

population

b)

community

c)

ecosystem

d)

species