Ecology Terms

A series of steps which organisms transfer energy by eating or being eaten.

• food web

• food chain

• food cycle

• food trail

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An organism which eats other organisms.

• consumer

• consumer or heterotroph

• consumer or autotroph

• autotroph

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Which of the following is a BIOTIC factor?

• physical factors of an ecosystem

• chemical factors of an ecosystem

• living components of an ecosystem

• non-living components of an ecosystem

What is a POPULATION?

• All the organisms of a species living in a certain area.

• All the organisms of all species living in a certain area.

• A group of organisms which can breed together.

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An organism which makes its food by photosynthesis.

• producer

• producer or heterotroph

• producer or autotroph

• autotroph

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What is a COMMUNITY?

• All the organisms of a species living in a certain area.

• All the organisms of all species living in a certain area.

• A group of organisms which can breed together.

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What is an ECOSYSTEM?

• The living component in a certain area.

• The non-living component in a certain area.

• The living component + non-living component in a certain area.

The place where an organism lives.

• Biome

• Community

• Niche

• Habitat

The position of an organism in a food chain.

• Consumer Level

• Producer Level

• Trophic Level

• Niche Level

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What is the BIOSPHERE?

• The part of the Earth where life exists.

• The sum of all ecosystems on Earth.

• All of the above.