Vocabulary
Plant and animal populations
Ecosystems
Graph Reading Practice
Miscellaneous
100
Biotic or abiotic?
Biotic
100
Why would it be beneficial (helpful) for a plant to have its seeds attach to an animal?
The animal can spread the seeds away from the parent plant
100
One living thing is called a(n) ___.
**The answer is NOT clownfish.
Organism
100
Which statement about this graph is true?
A. The prey population is always higher than the predator population.
B. As the prey population goes up, the predator population goes up
B. As the prey population goes up, the predator population goes up
100
Which of these is a requirement for all living things?
-Breathing
-Heartbeat
-Having cells
-Being able to move
Having cells
200
Which of these is an adaptation? (can pick multiple)
a. A frog is born with a short tongue and can't reach its prey
b. Spiders have the skill of spinning a web to catch prey.
c. Birds dancing to attract predators
d. Birds dancing to attract a mate
e. Penguins are eaten by orcas (killer whales)
B, D
200
Why would a bird dance around like this?
To attract a mate
200
All of the biotic and abiotic (living and nonliving) things in one area make up a(n) ____.
Ecosystem
200
What year had the highest prey population?
A. 1945 B. 1970 C. 2000 D. 1950
A. 1945
200
Biotic or abiotic? 
Abiotic
300
The organism that is hunted and eaten is called ____.
Prey
300
What might happen to the whale population if there are increased limiting factors where it lives?
The population might go down
300
What is happening in this picture?
Trumpetfish is hiding behind the parrotfish
300
The hare population crashed in 1950. Why?
A. Every hare was eaten and the hare population went extinct.
B. The hares reproduced very quickly.
C. The hare population grew past the habitat's carrying capacity and the habitat did not have enough resources.
C. The hare population grew past the habitat's carrying capacity and the habitat did not have enough resources.
300
As the predator population increases, what happens to the prey population?
Decreases (drops)
400
Wildebeests are born with the ability to migrate. This is an example of an __________.
Acceptable answers:
-instinct
-learned behavior
-adaptation
400
Lion cubs practice their hunting skills. Hunting is an example of a _____ behavior.
learned
400
A group of organisms that live in one place and are from the same species make up a ____.
population
400
What was the wolf population in 1980?
A. 12 wolves B. 58 wolves C. 50 wolves
A. 12 wolves.
400
As the prey population increases, what happens to the predator population?
It also increases (goes up)
500
How does a maple tree disperse its seeds?
Wind
500
What does limiting factor mean? Give an example.
Anything that limits a population.
Example: Decreased resources
500
Place these terms in order from smallest to largest.
Population, Ecosystem, Community, Organism
Organism
Population
Community
Ecosystem
500
When the lion population increases, what happens to the gazelle population?
It decreases (drops).
500
How many of these are BIOTIC factors?
Fossils, rotting log, wind, sunlight, human, methane gas, temperature, bacteria, spider.
5