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Ecology Vocab Quiz

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Organism that feeds on both producers and consumers.

a)

Carnivore

b)

Consumer

c)

Omnivore

d)

Producer

2.

Non-living things such as sunlight, water, wind and soil.

a)

Abiotic

b)

Biotic

c)

Dead

d)

Living

3.

The position an organism occupies in a food chain or pyramid.

a)

Biotic

b)

Population

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Trophic Level

4.

A ​ (a)   is the roll an organism plays in its ecosystem.

Choose from the below words
niche
symbiosis
limiting factor
biotic
pioneer species
5.

Match the following:

a)

Symbiosis

1.

Interaction between 2 different organisms living in close physical association

b)

Mutualism

2.

Relationship between 2 organisms where both species benefit

c)

Parasitism

3.

Relationship between 2 organisms where one species benefits and the other is harmed (not killed)

d)

Commensalism

4.

Relationship between 2 organisms where one species benefits and the other is not affected

e)

Predator-Prey

5.

A relationship in which one organism consumes another for food

6.

A (a)   is a factor present in an environment that controls a process, particularly the growth, abundance, or distribution of a population of organisms in an ecosystem.

7.

​ (a)   is a process in which free nitrogen in the atmosphere is converted into ammonium. Conversion of unusable nitrogen into usable nitrogen.

Choose from the below words
Nitrogen fixation
Primary succession
Secondary succession
Carrying capacity
Trophic level
8.

Click on the apex predator. Also, click on the level with the most available energy.

9.

More than one of one species in an area.

a)

population

b)

community

c)

ecosystem

d)

organism

10.

All the different populations living together in a specific area/region at a certain time.

a)

population

b)

community

c)

ecosystem

d)

biome

11.

Bacteria, fungi, and earthworms are examples of:

a)

scavengers

b)

carnivores

c)

decomposers

12.
A (An)  __________ is an organism that eats BOTH plants and animals for energy.
a)
Omnivore
b)
Darnivore
c)
Carnivore
d)
Herbiovre
13.

All of the living AND non-living things together in an particular area is called a(n):

a)

ecosystem

b)

biome

c)

community

d)

population