Ecology Vocabulary Quiz

the study of interactions between organisms and their environment

• ecology

• herbivore

• abiotic factors

• food chain

non-living things in an ecosystem

• biotic factors

• abiotic factors

• community

• decomposer

living things in the ecosystem

• abiotic factors

• ecosystem

• ecology

• biotic factors

a consumer that eats only plants for energy

• herbivore

• omnivore

• carnivore

• scavenger

a consumer that eats animals

• omnivore

• carnivore

• decompser

• meatatarian

a consumer that eats plants and animals

• herbivore

• scavenger

• omnivore

• vegan

a diagram that shows a one-way flow of energy in an ecosystem

• food chain

• food web

• food pyramid

• a drive thru

a diagram that shows multiple energy pathways in an ecosystem (who eats what for energy)

• ecological organization chart

• food pyramid

• food chain

• food web

a single species that can carry out life processes

• biome

• community

• organism

• population

diagram that compares energy amounts of producers, primary consumers, and other trophic/energy levels

• carbon cycle

• energy pyramid

• food chain

• ecology