Ecology

symbiotic relationship that benefits both organisms

• commensalism

• mutualism

• parasitism

• competition

Green plants are ______

Non-living factors that affects an ecosystem

• biotic factor

• food chain

• chemical factor

• abiotic factor

In some environments, wolves prey on deer for their source of food. If all of the wolves were taken from the environment, what would most likely happen to the deer population?

• The deer population would become larger and healthier animals.

• The deer population would increase and begin to compete for food.

• The deer population would change color, because they would not have to hide from wolves.

• The deer population would decrease, because there would be an increase in disease.

The living parts of an ecosystem

• biotic factors

• abiotic factors

• chemical factors

• biosphere

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

• Geology

• Biology

• Ecology

• Physiology

An organism that gets it's energy from eating other organisms is a __________

• producer

• decomposer

• consumer

A dead leaf is considered ____

• dead

• abiotic

• biotic

• hibernating

a group of living organisms that share a common genetic heritage

• species

• organism

• autotroph

• prey

What is not a factor of the physical environment?

• temperature

• trees

• pH

• Air