WorksheetsDynamic Nature of Ecosystems Vocabulary
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Population
The ability of an organism, population, community, or ecosystem to persist in the face of stressful or changing conditions
A group of organisms that are similar to one another and can mate to produce offspring
Characterized by constant change, activity, or progress
A group of interacting individuals of the same species located in the same area
The ability of an organism, population, community, or ecosystem to persist in the face of stressful or changing conditions
Resilience
Ecosystem
Dynamic
Population
Species
A system comprising all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area and all the interactions among them
A group of interacting individuals of the same species located in the same area
A group of organisms that are similar to one another and can mate to produce offspring
Characterized by constant change, activity, or progress
Characterized by constant change, activity, or progress
Ecosystem
Dynamic
Species
Resilience
Which is NOT an example of a human-caused event that can disturb the delicate balance of an ecosystem?
Deforestation
Introduction of a non-native species into an ecosystem
Forest fire started by a careless camper
Volcanic eruption
A species that enters an area from somewhere
else and disrupts the native ecosystem
Deforestation
Succession (Ecological
Succession)
Ecosystem
Invasive Species
Interrelated changes among the biotic and abiotic
factors in an ecosystem over time
Ecosystem Dynamics
Succession
Deforestation
Commensalism
When more than one individual or population in
an ecosystem relies on the same limited
resources Is Competition
True
False
Mutualism Is The ability of an organism, population,
community, or ecosystem to persist in the face of
stressful or changing conditions
True
False
Resilience is The ability of an organism, population,
community, or ecosystem to persist in the face of
stressful or changing conditions
True
False
Competition is
A relationship between organisms or species that
is helpful to both
When more than one individual or population in
an ecosystem relies on the same limited
resources
Parasitism Is
A relationship between organisms of different species
where one organism benefits at the expense of the
other
The interaction between two animals in which one
animal eats the other
Predation is…
The interaction between two animals in which one
animal eats the other
A relationship between organisms or species that
is helpful to both
When more than one individual or population in
an ecosystem relies on the same limited
resources thats called…
Competition
Parasitism
Predation
What is population?
individual groups of
living things
the living and
nonliving things in an area
