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Ecology vocab

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How organisms interact with each other and the environment is called

a)

biology

b)

ecology

c)

friendship

d)

mutualism

2.
Which is an example of a parasitic relationship?
a)
a bee pollinates a flower
b)
a tapeworm takes nutrients from a dog
c)
an orchid lives in a tree but does not harm the tree
3.
Barnacles grow on whales.  Whales give the barnacles a place to live but the barnacles do not help or harm the whale.  Which type of relationship is this?
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
parasitiesm
4.
Fungi are a  ________
a)
Autotrophs
b)
Heterotroopers
c)
Decomposers
d)
Primary Consumers
5.

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?

a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitism

d)

Neutralism

6.

In this photo, what is an abiotic factor?

a)

Deer

b)

Grass

c)

rain

7.

What type of organism can make its own food?

a)

A producer (an autotroph)

b)

A consumer (a heterotroph)

c)

A decomposer

d)

All of the above

8.

The nonliving parts of an ecosystem are called

a)

populations

b)

organisms

c)

biotic factors

d)

abiotic factors

9.

The role an organism plays in an environment is

a)

its niche

b)

abiotic

c)

the carrying capacity

d)

the ecosystem

10.

The most energy available for use is

a)

at the top of the energy pyramid

b)

at the bottom of the energy pyramid

c)

In the primary consumers

d)

In the tertiary consumer

11.

Primary succession occurs in areas with:

a)

very little soil

b)

lots of soil

c)

no soil

d)

soil that has been disturbed

12.

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

13.

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

14.

first organisms to live in an area

a)

Primary succession

b)

climax community

c)

ecological succession

d)

secondary succession

e)

pioneer species

15.

Another name for a consumer

a)

autotroph

b)

heterotroph

c)

generalist

d)

specialist

16.

Naturally occurring events that move materials like Carbon or Nitrogen from one form to another in the environment

a)

chemosynthesis

b)

biogeochemical cycles

c)

habitat fragmentation

d)

succession

17.

Organism that consumes producers. Always a primary consumer.

a)

Herbivore

b)

Carnivore

c)

Detritivore

d)

Decomposer

18.

A simple one-directional model that shows the sequence of feeding relationships and energy flow.

a)

Food web

b)

Food chain

c)

Energy Pyramid

d)

Trophic level

19.

A complex model of feeding relationships that shows the direction of energy flow.

a)

Population

b)

Trophic level

c)

Food chain

d)

Food web

20.

An excess of nutrients in a body of water

a)

Bioaccumulation

b)

Eutrophication

c)

Biomagnification

d)

Biodiversity