Intro to Ecology Quiz

All of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other are called a/an ______.

• community
• habitat
• population
• ecosystem

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An area where an organism finds food, shelter and water in a specific arrangement

• niche
• biosphere
• biome
• habitat

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The non-living part of an ecosystem

• Ocean
• Lava Flow
• Birds
• Abiotic

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The study of how living things interact with one another and with their environment.

• Biology
• Lithology
• Ecology
• Farmacology

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Two or more members of a particular species living and interacting in the same area

• Community
• Population
• Organisms
• Biosphere

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Symbiotic relationship where one species benefits and the other isn't helped or hurt.

• Mutualism
• Commensalism
• Parasitism
• Predation

Organisms in this category get their energy from both plant and animal matter. 

• Producer
• Carnivore
• Detrivore
• Omnivore

All of the different organisms interacting in a pond make up

• a community

• the water cycle

• a population

• the habitat

This animal is best described as a(n)

• herbivore

• omnivore

• carnivore

• detritivore

In a food chain or food web, in which direction does the arrow point?

• toward the consumer

• toward the animal being consumed

• toward the energy source

• toward the producer

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