Quiz about Ecology vocabulary

Question 1

a living thing

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organism

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habitat

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ecosystem

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ecology

Question 2

an environment that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce

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habitat

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organism

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population

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community

Question 3

parts of the habitat that are living or were once living

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biotic factors

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organism

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habitat

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abiotic factors

Question 4

nonliving parts of a habitat

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abiotic factors

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habitat

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organism

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biotic factors

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a group of organisms that can mate and produce offspring, which grows up to mate and produce offspring

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species

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genus

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organisms

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habitat

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all members of one species living in a particular area

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population

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species

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community

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ecosystem

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all different populations that live together in an area

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community

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organism

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population

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ecosystem

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a community of organisms that live in a particular area along with the nonliving parts

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ecosystem

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ecology

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population

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community

Question 9

study of how organisms interact with each other and with their environment

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ecology

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ecosystem

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habitat

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organism

Question 10

the number of births per 1000 individuals in a given time period

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birth rate

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death rate

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populations

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community

Question 11

the number of deaths per 1000 individuals for a given time period

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death rate

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birth rate

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population

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community

Question 12

moving into a population

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immigration

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emigration

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migrate

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joining

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leaving the population

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emigration

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immigration

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moving

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going

Question 14

an environmental factor that causes a population to stop growing or decrease in size

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limiting factor

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abiotic factor

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biotic factor

Question 15

the largest population that an area can support

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carrying capacity

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overload

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community

Question 16

the role of the organism in its habitat

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niche

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organism

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abiotic

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capacity

Question 17

process that selects organisms that can better survive the environment

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natural selection

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artificial selection

Question 18

trait that allows an organism to survive and reproduce

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adaptation

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mutation

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natural selection

Question 19

the struggle between organisms to survive as they compete for the same resources

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competition

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predation

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starvation

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food web

Question 20

an interaction in which one organism kills another for food or nutrients

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predation

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competition

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consumption

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food chain

Question 21

any relationship in which two species live closely together and at least one benefits

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symbiosis

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interaction

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relationship

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friendship

Question 22

a relationship in which both species benefit

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mutualism

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commensalism

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parasitism

Question 23

relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped or harmed

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commensalism

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mutualism

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parasitism

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a relationship in which one organism lives on, with, or inside another organism and causes it harm

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parasitism

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commensalism

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mutualism

Question 25

consumer with specialized digestive structures adapted to eat only plants

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herbivores

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carnivores

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omnivores

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decomposers

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consumers with specialized digestive structures adapted on eat only meat

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carnivores

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herbivores

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omnivores

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decomposers

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consumers with specialized digestive structures adapted to eat both plants and meats

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omnivores

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herbivores

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carnivores

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decomposers

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consumers that break down organic material and return nutrients back to the Earth

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decomposer

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scavengers

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omnivores

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herbivores

Question 29

a type of carnivore that eats the remains of dead organisms

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scavenger

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omnivore

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herbivore

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decomposer

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