Ecology vocabulary quiz

What is a non-living factor that affects an ecosystem in some way called?

• Biotic factor

• Eco factor

• Abiotic factor

• Environmental factor

A type of symbiosis in which one species benefits and the other one is harmed

• symbiosis

• mutualism

• parasitism

• consumerism

A behavior that is acquired through experience

• random behavior

• social behavior

• innate behavior

• learned behavior

An increase in the earth's average temperature due to harmful pollutants emitted by humans

• Global warming

• Global cooling

• Regular change in climate

• Adaptation

A level or step in a food chain or web

• random

• exponential level

• tropic level

• normal

This is an organism's role in an environment

• niche

• nest

• habitat

• producer

This term is an environmentally safe practice that promotes conservation

• ecological practice

• sustainable practice

• public health practice

• unsustainable practice

This is the maximum number of organisms an environment can support due to available resources

• Ecological capacity

• Environmental capacity

• Over the top capacity

• Carrying capacity

When a population has growth that indicates unlimited resources and is free to reproduce at will is called

• Stationary growth

• Exponential growth

• Logistic growth

• Lag growth

This is an association between two organisms of different species living closely together

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Symbiosis

• Consumerism