Vocabulary
Food Chains & Webs
Ecosystem Levels
Community Interactions
Random
100
Non-living factors in a community are called..
What are abiotic factors?
100
These organisms produce energy through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.
What are autotrophs?
100
Two or more organisms of the same species.
What is a population?
100
A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.
What is commensalism?
100
The organism that a parasite lives in or on in a parasitism interaction.
What is a host?
200
An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce.
What is a habitat?
200
These organisms are herbivores, therefore they are called ______________ consumers.
What is primary?
200
Includes all of the area in which life is found on Earth.
What is the biosphere?
200
A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is harmed.
What is parasitism?
200
To maintain BIODIVERSITY we need to use ecosystems in a sustainable way. What does a sustainable way mean?
A. using all of the resources in the ecosystem to help energy flow
B. using all of the resources in the ecosystem to help the natural cycles
C. not overusing the resources in the ecosystem, so future land development can still occur in those areas
D. not overusing the resources in the ecosystem, so future generations can also meet their needs
D. not overusing the resources in the ecosystem, so future generations can also meet their needs
300
Bears eat fish, insects, plants, seeds, nuts and young elk. They are called __________.
What is a an omnivore?
300
What is an example of a predator–prey relationship?
A. Bacteria and humans
B. Tick and deer
C. Lion and hyena
D. Fox and rabbit
What is D. Fox and rabbit
300
A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy. Usually written on one line.
What is a food chain?
300
A relationship between two species in which both species benefit.
What is mutualism?
300
A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms.
What is a scavenger?
400
A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy through trophic levels is called
What is a food chain?
400
In this food web, what organisms are in competition?
What is grasshopper and ground squirrel and kit fox and golden eagle?
400
Includes all of the living and non-living things in an area.
What is an ecosystem?
400
Two or more organisms competing for the same resource.
What is competition?
400
Study of the interactions of living things and their environment.
What is ecology?
500
Which is an example of parasitism?
A. Shark and seal
B. Deer and grass
C. Flea and dog
D. Seagull and fish
C. Flea and dog
500
The carrying capacity of a population is....
A. the limit of the number of people in a city
B. how many birds a cow can carry on its back
C. the maximum number of individuals an ecosystem can support
D. the amount of pollution humans can put into the environment
C. the maximum number of individuals an ecosystem can support
500
Two or more populations of different species is a...
What is a community?
500
An interaction in which one organism kills another for food.
What is predation?
500
Any relationship in which two different species use each other to live is called _________________.
A. Predation
B. Competition
C. Symbiosis
D. Prey
C. Symbiosis