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Ecology Vocab Quiz

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A relationship between two species where one benefits while the other is harmed.
a)
Mutualism
b)
Commensalism
c)
Parasitism
d)
Naturalism
2.
A frog eats a fly. The frog and fly are demonstrating ________.
a)
mutualism
b)
competition
c)
predator/prey
d)
parasitism
3.
A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unharmed
a)
Mutualism 
b)
Competition
c)
Parasitsm 
d)
Commensalism 
4.
A relationship between two organisms in which both organisms benefit. 
a)
Mutualism 
b)
Competition
c)
Parasitsm 
d)
Commensalism 
5.
A relationship in which two species live closely together.
a)
resource
b)
mutualism
c)
succession
d)
symbiosis
6.
an organism that kills and eats all or part of another organism
a)
coevolution
b)
predator
c)
prey
d)
parasite
7.
All members of one species in a certain area.
a)
Population
b)
Limiting Factors
c)
Immigration
d)
Birth Rate
8.
The largest number of organisms that the environment can support. 
a)
Carrying Capacity
b)
Limiting Factor
9.
Environmental factors that keep a population from increasing. 
a)
Carrying Capacity
b)
Limiting Factors
10.

Primary succession occurs in areas with:

a)

very little soil

b)

lots of soil

c)

no soil

d)

soil that has been disturbed

11.

What best describes the term succession?

a)

rapid changes that create an ecosystem overnight

b)

gradual changes over time to fully create or restore and ecosystem

c)

forest with the tallest trees

d)

the rate species produce offspring

12.

What is a habitat?

a)

A way an animal behaves.

b)

A group of the same animals living together.

c)

A specific place where an animal naturally lives.

d)

When an animal lives in a place that is not their home eg. a zoo

13.

What is a niche?

a)

Where an organism lives.

b)

An organisms role, or job, within its ecosystem.

c)

What an organism eats.

14.

first organisms to live in an area

a)

Primary succession

b)

climax community

c)

ecological succession

d)

secondary succession

e)

pioneer species

15.

Organisms that are very similar and their offspring can reproduce.

a)

community

b)

species

c)

cooperation

16.

Two organisms or species that need the same resource.

a)

cooperation

b)

competition

c)

symbiosis

d)

predator

17.

All of the populations living together in one area.

a)

community

b)

species

c)

habitat

d)

carrying capacity

18.

Two organisms or species that work together to help each other

a)

competition

b)

niche

c)

cooperation

d)

community