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Ecosystems Vocab 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment?

a)

Biology

b)

Ecology

c)

Chemistry

d)

Physics

2.

Fill in the blank: A(n) _______ is one living thing.

a)

organism

b)

ecosystem

c)

community

d)

population

3.

What is made up of all the members of one species that live in an area?

a)

Community

b)

Population

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Biome

4.

Multiple populations of species make a _______.

a)

Community

b)

Population

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Biome

5.

An area where living (biotic) and nonliving (abiotic) things interact in a balanced environment is called a(n) _______.

a)

ecosystem

b)

biosphere

c)

community

d)

habitat

6.

Which of the following is a biotic factor?

a)

Water

b)

Air

c)

Animals

d)

Rocks

7.

Which of the following is an abiotic factor?

a)

Plants

b)

Animals

c)

Water

d)

Insects

8.

What is anything in an organism’s environment that can have a positive or negative impact on their population size?

a)

limiting factor

b)

habitat

c)

predator

d)

prey

9.

The maximum population size of a species that can be sustained by the environment is known as _______.

a)

carrying capacity

b)

population density

c)

biomass

d)

growth rate

10.

The number of an organism in any given area is referred to as _______.

a)

population density

b)

biomass

c)

ecosystem

d)

habitat

11.

Living components of the environment

a)

Abiotic

b)

Biotic

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Decomposer

12.

Non-living components of the environment

a)

abiotic

b)

biotic

c)

photosynthesis

d)

herbivore

13.

An organism that produces its own food

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Decomposer

c)

Consumer

d)

Producer

14.

A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

a)

Biotic

b)

Consumers

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Photosynthesis

15.

An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms

a)

Decomposer

b)

Producer

c)

Consumer

d)

Herbivore

16.

the process by which plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and energy in the form of suga

a)

excretion

b)

breathing

c)

photosynthesis

d)

respiration

17.

An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms

a)

Producer

b)

Biotic

c)

Abiotic

d)

Consumer

18.

organism that obtains energy by eating only plants

a)

Carnivore

b)

Herbivore

c)

Omnivore

d)

Decomposer

19.

organism that obtains energy by eating animals

a)

Decomposer

b)

Herbivore

c)

Omnivore

d)

Carnivore

20.

A consumer that eats both plants and animals

a)

Producer

b)

Herbivore

c)

Omnivore

d)

Carnivore