Intro to Ecology

Intro to Ecology

Notes & Video

During this activity you will be watching video segments and taking notes in your notebook. Be sure to used the pause button to stop when you need to write down something important.

To start each video segment, click on the preview.

Multiple Choice

Ecology is the study of

• how animals interact

• the relationships among all organisms and their environment

• which plants get eaten by animals

Multiple Choice

The ecology term for planet earth is

• ecosystem

• biome

• biosphere

Multiple Choice

The organisms and their environment in a particular place is

• an ecosystem

• the biosphere

• a population

Multiple Choice

The place where an organism lives

• habitat

• niche

Multiple Choice

The role (job) of an organism in an ecosystem

• habitat

• niche

Multiple Choice

The organism that gets eaten is the

• predator

• prey

Multiple Choice

The organism that hunts other organisms is a

• predator

• prey

Multiple Choice

A biotic factor is

• living

• non-living

Multiple Choice

Sunlight is a(n) _____________ factor that plants compete for.

• biotic

• abiotic

Multiple Choice

Parasites such as fleas

• help their host

• harm their host

Multiple Choice

In a mutualistic relationship (mutualism)

• both organisms benefit

• the host benefits, only

• no one benefits

Multiple Choice

Barnacles can grow on whales without harming them, which is

• parasitism

• commensalism

• mutualism