Principles of Ecology

What is the study of the interactions among living things and between living things and their surroundings?

• Biology

• Ecology

• Geology

• Immunology

What uses real data to predict outcomes for different situations?

• experimentation

• modeling

• observation

What is carefully watching something over time?

• experimentation

• modeling

• observation

What is a way to gather data in either the lab or in the natural environment?

• experimentation

• modeling

• observation

What is a species that has an unusually large effect on its ecosystem called?

• organism

• biotic species

• abiotic species

• keystone species

What is a variety of living things in an ecosystem called?

• biodiversity

• community

• ecosystem

• population

What are living things in an ecosystem?

• abiotic factor

• biodiversity

• biotic factors

• organism

Which answer is NOT an abiotic factor

• climate

• plants

• temperature

• wind

What is one individual living thing called?

• community

• organism

• population

• species

What is a major regional or global community of organisms?

• biome

• community

• ecosystem

• population