Vocab Part 1
Vocab Part 2
Concepts and Understanding Pt. 1
Concepts and Understanding Pt. 2
Critical Thinking
100

What is the role of an organism in its habitat called? 

A. role

B. niche 

C. climate

B. niche 

100

Living things that eats other living things is? 

A. decomposer

B. producer 

C. consumer

C. consumer

100

The amount of salt in something, especially in ocean water, is called?

A. salinity

B. diversity

C. population 

A. salinity

100

A population is _______ a community.

A. the same as

B. larger than

C. part of 

D. made up of

C. part of

100

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. 

200

A system made up of living things and their environment is called _______.

A. ecosystem 

B. community

C. population

A. ecosystem

200

A place that meets an organism's needs is called its __________.

A. habitat

B. stability

C. salinity 

A. habitat

200

A group of the same species living in the same place at the same time is ________.

A. community 

B. population

C. ecosystem

B. population

200

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

200

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. 

300

What is a living thing that can make its own food? 

A. decomposer

B. consumer

C. producer 

C. producer

300

The property of a system in balance is called _______.

A. system 

B. stability 

C. community 

B. stability 

300

A variety of plants and animals is called what?

A. community

B. population

C. diversity 

C. diversity

300

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

300

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. 

400

Living things that break down dead plants or animals for food is a __________.

A. decomposer

B. consumer

C. producer

A. decomposer

400

Average weather of a place over a long time is called what?

A. temperature

B. ecosystem 

C. climate

C. climate

400

Most natural systems have patterns that give them __________.

A. stability 

B. outputs

C. inputs

D. diversity 

A. stability 

400

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 

400

The mouse is a consumer. Is this an observation or an inference?

Observation

500

Group of parts that work as a unit is called _______

A. habitat

B. system

C. diversity 

B. system

500

What is a group of organisms living together and interacting called?

A. niche

B. diversity 

C. community 

C. community

500

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

500
The three levels of a ____ ______ are producers, consumers, and decomposers. 

A. population

B. food chain

C. rain forest

D. habitat

B. food chain

500

The sun gives a hawk energy. Is this an observation or an inference?

Inference