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Worksheets2nd Ecosystems Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is the term for a group of organisms of the same species living in a particular area?
Ecosystem
Population
Community
Habitat
Fill in the blank: A _______ is a place where an organism lives.
Niche
Habitat
Environment
Biotic factor
Which of the following is a non-living component of an ecosystem?
Biotic factor
Abiotic factor
Producer
Consumer
Fill in the blank: The role or function of an organism in its ecosystem is called its _______.
A) Habitat
B) Niche
C) Environment
D) Population
What is the process by which green plants make their own food using sunlight?
Photosynthesis
Chlorophyll
Decomposition
Symbiosis
Fill in the blank: _______ are organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms.
Producers
Consumers
Decomposers
Symbionts
Which term describes a relationship where both organisms benefit?
Parasitism
Commensalism
Mutualism
Predation
Fill in the blank: The green pigment in plants that absorbs light energy for photosynthesis is called _______.
Chlorophyll
Chloroplast
Carotene
Xanthophyll
What is the term for a series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food?
Food Web
Food Chain
Trophic Level
Ecosystem
Fill in the blank: _______ are organisms that produce their own food, usually through photosynthesis.
Consumers
Producers
Decomposers
Parasites
Which of the following describes a relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed?
A) Mutualism
B) Commensalism
C) Parasitism
D) Symbiosis
Fill in the blank: In a _______ relationship, one organism benefits while the other is neither helped nor harmed.
Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
Predation
What is the term for the different levels in a food chain, representing the flow of energy?
Trophic Levels
Food Web
Ecosystem
Niche
Fill in the blank: The _______ includes all living and non-living things in a particular area.
Ecosystem
Population
Community
Habitat
Which term refers to the living components of an ecosystem?
Abiotic factors
Biotic factors
Producers
Decomposers
Match the following.
plant eater
herbivore
meat eater
carnivore
break down dead organic matter
decomposer
consumes both plants & animals
omnivore
consumes dead organisms
scavanger
Match the following
all biotic and abiotic factors of an area
Ecosystem
all members of the same species in an area
Population
all the different species that live together
Community
one member of a species
Organism
These organisms do not make their own food. They get their energy from the eating other organisms
Consumers
