Ecology Quiz Review

desert

• dry, usually hot, little water, few plants

• dry, cold, few plants, near the poles

• modest amount of rain; grasses

A flea drinks blood from a cat. The cat loses blood and gets rashes. The flea in this situation is a(n)

• host

• parasite

• predator

• prey

An ecosystem includes all the living AND non-living things in an area.

• true

• false

An ecosystem minus the non-living things is the...

• neighborhood

• population

• species

• community

A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area

• species

• community

• community

• population

TRUE/FALSE: A forest biome made up primarily of coniferous evergreen trees, able to tolerate a short growing season and cold temperatures is a temperate rainforest.

• true

• false

A Galapagos tortoise and an invasive goat eat the same grass. The relationship between the two is

• competition

• mutualism

• commensalism

• parasitism

A type of fungi called endophytes live in grass plants. They get a place to live, and produce chemicals that ward off bugs that would eat the plant, which is not bothered by the chemicals. This is an example of...

• parasitism

• mutualism

• commensalism

An animal that hunts another for food

• host

• parasite

• predator

• prey

The levels of classification of life in order are...

• population, organism, biome, ecosystem

• organism, population, ecosystem, community

• organism, population, community, ecosystem

• ecosystem, organism, population, community