Ecology Food Webs and Vocabulary

An ecological population can be defined as

• A living thing such as a plant or animal.

• A system comprising all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area and all the interactions among them

• All of the populations of different species in a particular area. All the populations in an ecosystem.

• A group of interacting organisms of the same species. A group of interbreeding organisms (species) living in the same area

An ecological community can be defined as

• A living thing such as a plant or animal.

• A system comprising all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area and all the interactions among them

• All of the populations of different species in a particular area. All the populations in an ecosystem.

• A group of interacting organisms of the same species. A group of interbreeding organisms (species) living in the same area

An ecosystem can be defined as

• A living thing such as a plant or animal.

• A system comprising all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area and all the interactions among them

• All of the populations of different species in a particular area. All the populations in an ecosystem.

• A group of interacting organisms of the same species. A group of interbreeding organisms (species) living in the same area

An organism can be defined as

• A living thing such as a plant or animal.

• A system comprising all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area and all the interactions among them

• All of the populations of different species in a particular area. All the populations in an ecosystem.

• A group of interacting organisms of the same species. A group of interbreeding organisms (species) living in the same area

Choose all the correct examples of a population

• A herd of sheep and all the lambs living in a field

• The toads and frogs, interacting with the water and rocks in a pond

• A pack of wolves hunting together.

• A flock of birds and the tree they are resting in.

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Choose all the correct examples of a community

• All the biotic factors living in a desert

• All of the different schools of fish living in a coral reef

• An interbreeding colony of rats

• All of the abiotic and biotic factors living in the icy tundra

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Choose the correct example of an ecosystem

• All of the biotic factors living in a deciduous forest

• All of the biotic and abiotic factors interacting in the Blue Ridge Mountains

• The rocks, water, and all the living species in a pond

• The nonliving ingredients, carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight needed for photosynthesis

A niche is

• The place where an organism naturally lives and grows

• The ecological role played by an organism. This is an organism’s total way of life.

• Biotic or abiotic environmental factors that restrict the growth of a population

• How humans affect and interact with their surrounding environment

A habitat is

• The place where an organism naturally lives and grows

• The ecological role played by an organism. This is an organism’s total way of life.

• Biotic or abiotic environmental factors that restrict the growth of a population

• How humans affect and interact with their surrounding environment

Biodiversity is

• The place where an organism naturally lives and grows

• The number of different species of plants and animals in an area

• Biotic or abiotic environmental factors that restrict the growth of a population

• How humans affect and interact with their surrounding environment

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