Questions and Answers
1. What is the term that describes the nonliving parts of the environment such as soil, water, sunlight.
A. Decomposers
B. Biotic
C. Abiotic
D. heterotrophs
2. What is the term that describes an organism that uses light energy to make its own food.
A. Consumer
B. Parasite
C. Host
D. Autotroph
3. What is the term that describes all the living things in an environment such as bacteria, plants, and animals.
A. Biotic
B. Food Chain
C. Limiting factors
D. Autotrophs
4. A subdivision of the environment that includes all living and nonliving portions of the planet.
A. Ecological Niche
B. Habitat
C. Population
D. Biosphere
5. An organism that survives by eating animals is known as
A. Prey
B. Producer
C. Carnivore
D. Autotroph
6. The largest population of any single species an area can hold that is determined by the available energy, water, oxygen and minerals available as well as by the interaction of organisms (food supply and competition).
A. Carrying capacity
B. Limiting Factor
C. Ecological Niche
D. Ecological Succession
7. All the different populations that live and interact in an environment.
A. Community
B. Population
C. Niche
D. Biosphere
8. Struggle between organism for the same resources. This keeps the size of a species population in check.
A. Predators
B. Limiting factors
C. Biodiversity
D. Competition
9. An organism that obtains its energy from producers is referred to as
A. Scavenger
B. Consumer
C. Parasite
D. Decomposer
10. An organism that consumes dead organisms and organic waste, example – bacteria, fungus
A. Decomposer
B. Parasite
C. Herbivore
D. Producer
11. The process by which one community is replaced by another; bedrock - lichens - mosses- grasses - trees and shrubs - forest
A. Ecological succession
B. Habitats
C. Energy Pyramid
D. Ecological Niche
12. Study of how living things interact with one another and the environment.
A. Food Web
B. Ecosystem
C. Ecology
D. Ecological Succession
13. A diagram that shows how energy moves through the ecosystem (producer, consumers, decomposer)
A. Food Web
B. Energy Pyramid
C. Food Chain
D. Ecological Succession
14. A straight line representation that identifies specific feeding relationships between prey and predator.
A. Food Chain
B. Succession
C. Food web
D. Energy Pyramid
15. A representation of interconnected food chains that show more complex feeding relationships between producers, consumers, and decomposers.
A. Limiting Factor
B. Biodiversity
C. Food Web
D. Ecology
16. The place where an animal or plant lives - fields, oceans, forests, streams, deserts.
A. Habitat
B. Niche
C. Population
D. Community
17. An organism that eats only plants is referred to as
A. Prey
B. Producer
C. Autotroph
D. Herbivore
18. Which of the following terms describes an Organisms that cannot make their own food (consumer)
A. Heterotroph
B. Producer
C. Prey
D. Abiotic
19. Food and or home for a parasite.
A. Scavenger
B. Decomposer
C. Host
D. Consumer
20. The specific role played by an organism in the ecosystem. If there is more than one species in the same role there is competition and a species will be eliminated.
A. Niche
B. Heterotroph
C. Predator
D. Population
21. An organism that survives by living and feeding on other organisms, but rarely kill them.
A. Parasites
B. Scavengers
C. Decomposers
D. Carnivores
22. All the individuals of a single species living in an area. Ants in an any hill.
A. Host
B. Community
C. Population
D. Limiting Factor
23. An animal that hunts and kills other animals for food which limits the growth of a population.
A. Predators
B. Competition
C. Herbivore
D. Prey
24. An animal that is hunted and killed by other animals
- A. Producer
B. Consumer
- C. Prey
D. Carnivore
1. What is the term that describes the nonliving parts of the environment such as soil, water, sunlight.
C. Abiotic
2. What is the term that describes an organism that uses light energy to make its own food.
D. Autotroph
3. What is the term that describes all the living things in an environment such as bacteria, plants, and animals.
A. Biotic
4. A subdivision of the environment that includes all living and nonliving portions of the planet.
D. Biosphere
5. An organism that survives by eating animals is known as
C. Carnivore
6. The largest population of any single species an area can hold that is determined by the available energy, water, oxygen and minerals available as well as by the interaction of organisms (food supply and competition).
A. Carrying capacity
7. All the different populations that live and interact in an environment.
A. Community
8. Struggle between organism for the same resources. This keeps the size of a species population in check.
D. Competition
9. An organism that obtains its energy from producers is referred to as
B. Consumer
10. An organism that consumes dead organisms and organic waste, example – bacteria, fungus
A. Decomposer
11. The process by which one community is replaced by another; bedrock - lichens - mosses- grasses - trees and shrubs - forest
A. Ecological succession
12. Study of how living things interact with one another and the environment.
C. Ecology
13. A diagram that shows how energy moves through the ecosystem (producer, consumers, decomposer)
B. Energy Pyramid
14. A straight line representation that identifies specific feeding relationships between prey and predator.
A. Food Chain
15. A representation of interconnected food chains that show more complex feeding relationships between producers, consumers, and decomposers.
C. Food Web
16. The place where an animal or plant lives - fields, oceans, forests, streams, deserts.
A. Habitat
17. An organism that eats only plants is referred to as
D. Herbivore
18. Which of the following terms describes an organisms that cannot make their own food (consumer)
A. Heterotroph
19. Food and or home for a parasite.
C. Host
20. The specific role played by an organism in the ecosystem. If there is more than one species in the same role there is competition and a species will be eliminated.
A. Niche
21. An organism that survives by living and feeding on other organisms, but rarely kill them.
A. Parasites
22. All the individuals of a single species living in an area. Ants in an any hill.
C. Population
23. An animal that hunts and kills other animals for food which limits the growth of a population.
A. Predators
24. An animal that is hunted and killed by other animals
- C. Prey
