VOCABULARY
A group of DIFFERENT species living in the same area:
a). Population
b). Community
c). Ecosystem
d). Neighborhood
b). Community
What do we call the process of creating offspring?
a). reproduction
b). production
c). survival
d). energy
a). reproduction
The size of a population can be affected by any population that is connected to it in a __________, even if they are not directly connected.
a). sample
b). food web
c). competition
d). food pyramid
b). food web
A resource that is not available in endless supply is a:
a). stable resource
b). limited resource
c). new resources
d). common resource
b). limited resource
An HERBIVORE, is a living organism that only eats:
a) bread
b) plants
c) meat
d) plants and meat
b) plants
What do we call a group of the same type of organisms living in the same area?
a). community
b). pollution
c). population
d). town
c). population
a). top dog
b). producer population
c). consumer population
d). animal canibal
c). consumer population
Elephants eat grass. What is the consumer population?
a). Elephants
b). Grass
c). Both are the consumer population
d). Neither are the consumer population
a). Elephants
What do organisms use energy for?
a). Growth only
b). Reproduction only
c). Moving around only
d). Everything they do to survive, grow & reproduce
d). Everything they do to survive, grow & reproduce
An OMNIVORE is a living organism that consumes:
a) only plants
b) meat
c) Both, meat and plants
d) decomposers
c) Both, meat and plants
What is the name for a small part that is meant to show what the whole is like?
a). sample
b). simple
c). part
a). sample
When a population stays mostly the same over time, it is considered
a) a stable population
B). Increasing population
C) decreasing population
a) a stable population
All living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria is known as?
a). molecules
b). organisms
c). producers
b). organisms
The smaller the resource population, the ______ energy storage available for its consumer populations.
a). more
b). less
b). less
Competition can happen between organisms of the same and different species.
a) True
b) False
a) True
a). cooperation
b). fighting
c). competition
c). competition
Two populations can compete for the same resource population. A change to one of these populations affects the _____ of the other.
a). type
b). number of males and females
c). size
d). speed
c). size
What is the name of the model that shows what eats what in an ecosystem?
a). food web
b). food pyramid
c). diagram
d). graph
a). food web
The Human population is increasing worldwide. What does that mean?
a). Less births than deaths
b). More births than deaths
c). There is an equal number of births and deaths
b). More births than deaths
In a PREDATIVE ecological relationship, a predator hunts for its prey.
a) True
b) False
a) True
What do we call a particular area where organisms interact with each other and their surroundings?
a) population
b) ecosystem
c) city
d) environment
b) ecosystem
Organisms need resources to survive. Resources include:
a). food and water
b). oxygen and shelter
c). wind and sunlight
d). both a). & b).
d). both a). & b).
What do we call a population that is being eaten ?
a). consumer population
b). resource population
c). producer population
d). food
b). resource population
This The more energy storage available to the population, the _______ the organisms in that population can reproduce.
a). more
b). less
a). more
a). No animal eats panthers.
b). Fewer panthers were born than died.
c). More panthers were born than died.
d). A lot of panthers were born and none of them died.
c). More panthers were born than died.