Ecosystem Vocab Review

An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:

• Plant

• Producer

• Consumer

• Mutualist

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Consumer that eats plants

• carnivore

• herbivore

• producer

• predator

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The image provided is an example of a(n):

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Producer

• Decomposer

A diagram that uses arrows to show the MANY possible directions in which energy can pass through the organisms in an ecosystem.

• Food chain

• Food web

• Energy Pyramid

• Succession Map

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The nonliving parts of an ecosystem.

• Abiotic factors

• Biotic factors

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A collection of organisms that make up a community as well as all of the nonliving parts of the environment.

• Population

• Community

• Habitat

• Ecosystem

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

• Biology

• Chemistry

• 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

Different populations living and interacting with each other in the same area

• Biome
• Ecosystem
• Community
• Niche

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