Vocab Part 1
What is the role of an organism in its habitat called?
A. role
B. niche
C. climate
B. niche
Living things that eats other living things is?
A. decomposer
B. producer
C. consumer
C. consumer
The amount of salt in something, especially in ocean water, is called?
A. salinity
B. diversity
C. population
A. salinity
A population is _______ a community.
A. the same as
B. larger than
C. part of
D. made up of
C. part of
Is a tree an open or closed system? How do you know?
Open system because it takes in water, sunlight, and minerals and lets out oxygen, water, leaves and fruit.
A system made up of living things and their environment is called _______.
A. ecosystem
B. community
C. population
A. ecosystem
A place that meets an organism's needs is called its __________.
A. habitat
B. stability
C. salinity
A. habitat
A group of the same species living in the same place at the same time is ________.
A. community
B. population
C. ecosystem
B. population
Some ecosystems include _______ living things because the ecosystems have lots of space, food, and shelter.
F. many
G. only
H. no
J. few
F. many
Deer feed on grass and leaves. What might happen to the stability of an ecosystem if there are too many deer?
Allow students to share possible answers.
What is a living thing that can make its own food?
A. decomposer
B. consumer
C. producer
C. producer
The property of a system in balance is called _______.
A. system
B. stability
C. community
B. stability
A variety of plants and animals is called what?
A. community
B. population
C. diversity
C. diversity
In a mangrove swamp, the kinds of plants that can live there are limited by the _______.
A. water
B. air
C. salt
D. soil
C. salt
In what ways are a mangrove swamp and a coral reef alike?
Both are located in tropical areas near the equator, both are affected by the salinity of the water, and are ecosystem dominated by one type of organism.
Living things that break down dead plants or animals for food is a __________.
A. decomposer
B. consumer
C. producer
A. decomposer
Average weather of a place over a long time is called what?
A. temperature
B. ecosystem
C. climate
C. climate
Most natural systems have patterns that give them __________.
A. stability
B. outputs
C. inputs
D. diversity
A. stability
Tropical rain forests and coral reefs are ______ that have a large variety of plants and animals.
F. niches
G. populations
H. communities
J. ecosystems
J. ecosystems
The mouse is a consumer. Is this an observation or an inference?
Observation
Group of parts that work as a unit is called _______
A. habitat
B. system
C. diversity
B. system
What is a group of organisms living together and interacting called?
A. niche
B. diversity
C. community
C. community
The most basic parts of an ecosystem are _________.
F. sunlight, soil, and air
G. populations and communities
H. living things
J. living things and nonliving things
J. living and nonliving things
A. population
B. food chain
C. rain forest
D. habitat
B. food chain
The sun gives a hawk energy. Is this an observation or an inference?
Inference