Ecology Intro

Which is the simplest level of organization within the environment?

• Cell

• Population

• Organism

• Community

Abiotic means __________.

• living

• non-living

Which term refers to the study of organisms and their interactions within the environment?

• Biosphere

• Niche

• Ecology

• Habitat

Which term refers to the place where an organism obtains everything they need to survive?

• Biosphere

• Niche

• Habitat

• Ecology

Similar organisms that can reproduce with each other are considered to be members of the same _______________.

• Community

• Species

• Biosphere

• Ecosystem

All the alligators in the same area are an example of a(n) _______________.

• Organism

• Community

• Population

• Group

Biotic means _________.

• living

• non-living

The correct order of ecological organization from the smallest to the largest is _______________.

• organism, community, population, ecosystem, biosphere, biome

• organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere

• biosphere, biome, ecosystem, community, population, organism

• population, organism, biosphere, community, ecosystem, biome

_____________ is a symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit.

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Predation

• Parasitism

_________________ is a symbiotic relationship in which one species is benefited and one is unaffected.

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Competition