Unit 2: Ecology Quiz

Ecology is the study of what?

• All living things

• How organisms change over time

• Interactions of living organisms with one another and their environment

• How traits are passed down

What are several species that live together in the same area called?

• Population

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Biome

What makes up a community?

• An individual organism

• Group of species that live together

• A community and all of the physical aspects of its habitat

• The MANY different species that live together in a habitat

What is a community and all the physical abiotic (non living) factors called?

• Species

• Ecosystem

• Biosphere

• Population

Plants, animals, and bacteria are all examples of what?

• Abiotic factors

• Biotic factors

Organisms that have to get their energy from an outside source are what?

• Autotrophs

• Heterotrophs

• Producers

• Species

What does a herbivore eat?

• Producers

• Primary Consumers

• Secondary Consumers

What is an autotroph?

• An organism that makes its own food

• An organisms that has to obtain its food from an outside source

Water, temperature, humidity are all examples of what?

• Abiotic factors

• Biotic factors

What percent of energy gets transferred up to the next trophic level on an energy pyramid?

• 1%

• 10%

• 50%

• 90%