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WorksheetsBB Principles of Ecology
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 15mins
A hypothesis is tested under controlled conditions
experiment
organism
observation
population
Using the senses to study the world
experiment
organism
observation
population
All individuals of one species living in a certain area
observation
population
experiment
organism
Any individual living thing
ecosystem
community
population
organism
Includes all of the organisms as well as the climate, soil, water, rocks, and other nonliving things in an area
Biosphere
Ecosystem
Popualtion
Community
A major regional or global community of organisms which is usually defined by the climate and the plant communities that live in an area.
Community
Population
Biome
Biosphere
A group of different species that all live together in one area
community
population
ecosystem
Biome
Living factors in an ecosystem, such as plants, animals, bacteria and fungi
biotic
abiotic
keystone species
autotrophs
Rocks, weather, wind and sunlight are
abiotic factors
biotic factors
The variety of living things in an ecosystem
keystone species
biotic factors
biodiversity
A species that has an unusually large effect on its ecosystems
heterotrophs
biodiversity
oak trees
keystone species
Organisms that make their own food
producers
consumers
heterotrophs
omnivores
Autotrophs that use chemical energy rather than sunlight to produce glucose
photosynthesizers
algae
chemosynthesizer
plants
Producers can also be called
consumers
autotrophs
heterotrophs
Organisms that ead dead plant and animal matter, such as earthworms
decomposer
detritovore
carnivore
omnivore
Each link in a food chain as a level of feeding
trophic level
food web
herbivore
Food webs show
the interconnected food chains in an ecosystem
all of the abiotic factors in an ecosystem
a food pyramid
An organism that eats many different things
specialist
generalist
producer
consumer
An organism that only eats producers
carnivore
omnivore
herbivore
secondary consumer
