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Vocabulary Quiz Chapter 6: Changes in Ecosystems

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The use of less of a resource to make it last longer.

a)

O. Conservation

b)

A. Population

c)

D. Adaptation

d)

B. Community

e)

C. Competition

2.

An area where an organism can find everything it needs to survive.

a)

N. Habitat

b)

A. Population

c)

D. Adaptation

d)

B. Community

e)

C. Competition

3.

A waste product that harms living things and damages an ecosystem.

a)

C. Competition

b)

D. Adaptation

c)

B. Community

d)

A. Population

e)

L. Pollution

4.

The process of cleaning and restoring a damaged ecosystem.

a)

D. Adaptation

b)

C. Competition

c)

A. Population

d)

O. Restoration

e)

B. Community

5.

Use the words in the text box to match the meaning to the word: ____ A mixture of rain and acids from air pollution that falls to the Earth.

a)

Acid Rain

b)

Adaptation

c)

Competition

d)

Community

e)

Population

6.

Use the words in the text box to match the meaning to the word: ____ The gradual change in the kinds of organisms living in an ecosystem.

a)

J. Succession

b)

A. Population

c)

D. Adaptation

d)

B. Community

e)

C. Competition

7.

The death of all the organisms of a species.

a)

Community

b)

Population

c)

Adaptation

d)

Competition

e)

Extinction

8.

Use the words in the text box to match the meaning to the word: ____ A group of organisms of one kind that live in one location.

a)

D. Adaptation

b)

A. Population

c)

C. Competition

d)

B. Community

e)

E. Symbiosis

9.

An animal that is eaten by a predator.

a)

Adaptation

b)

Population

c)

Competition

d)

Prey

e)

Community

10.

An animal that kills and eats other organisms.

a)

D. Adaptation

b)

A. Population

c)

C. Competition

d)

H. Predator

e)

B. Community

11.

Use the words in the text box to match the meaning to the word: ____ A group of populations that live together.

a)

Community

b)

Population

c)

Adaptation

d)

Symbiosis

e)

Competition

12.

Use the words in the text box to match the meaning to the word: ____ A kind of contest among populations that need to get a certain amount of food, water and shelter to survive.

a)

D. Adaptation

b)

B. Community

c)

A. Population

d)

C. Competition

e)

E. Symbiosis

13.

A relationship between different kinds of organisms.

a)

C. Competition

b)

B. Community

c)

D. Adaptation

d)

E. Symbiosis

e)

A. Population

14.

Use the words in the text box to match the meaning to the word: ____ A trait or characteristic that helps an organism survive.

a)

C. Competition

b)

E. Symbiosis

c)

D. Adaptation

d)

A. Population

e)

B. Community

15.

Use the words in the text box to match the meaning to the word: ____ A relationship where one organism benefits and the other isn’t affected.

a)

Competition

b)

Population

c)

Community

d)

Commensalism

e)

Adaptation