WorksheetsEcology vocab
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
How organisms interact with each other and the environment is called
biology
ecology
friendship
mutualism
In the wild, some alligators gets their teeth cleaned by birds. The birds gets their food from the alligators' teeth.
What type of symbiosis is this?
Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
Neutralism
In this photo, what is an abiotic factor?
Deer
Grass
rain
What type of organism can make its own food?
A producer (an autotroph)
A consumer (a heterotroph)
A decomposer
All of the above
The nonliving parts of an ecosystem are called
populations
organisms
biotic factors
abiotic factors
The role an organism plays in an environment is
its niche
abiotic
the carrying capacity
the ecosystem
The most energy available for use is
at the top of the energy pyramid
at the bottom of the energy pyramid
In the primary consumers
In the tertiary consumer
Primary succession occurs in areas with:
very little soil
lots of soil
no soil
soil that has been disturbed
What best describes the term succession?
rapid changes that create an ecosystem overnight
gradual changes over time to fully create or restore and ecosystem
forest with the tallest trees
the rate species produce offspring
What is a habitat?
A way an animal behaves.
A group of the same animals living together.
A specific place where an animal naturally lives.
When an animal lives in a place that is not their home eg. a zoo
first organisms to live in an area
Primary succession
climax community
ecological succession
secondary succession
pioneer species
Another name for a consumer
autotroph
heterotroph
generalist
specialist
Naturally occurring events that move materials like Carbon or Nitrogen from one form to another in the environment
chemosynthesis
biogeochemical cycles
habitat fragmentation
succession
Organism that consumes producers. Always a primary consumer.
Herbivore
Carnivore
Detritivore
Decomposer
A simple one-directional model that shows the sequence of feeding relationships and energy flow.
Food web
Food chain
Energy Pyramid
Trophic level
A complex model of feeding relationships that shows the direction of energy flow.
Population
Trophic level
Food chain
Food web
An excess of nutrients in a body of water
Bioaccumulation
Eutrophication
Biomagnification
Biodiversity
