Ecology Vocab Quiz

An organism that can make its own food.

• Autotroph

• Producer

• Consumer

• Heterotroph

A group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area.

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Biosphere

• Population

A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.

• Energy Pyramid

• Ecosystem

• Food Web

• Food Chain

An interaction in which one organism kills another for food.

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Predation

• Commensalism

A series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten.

• Food Chain

• Ecosystem

• Food Web

• Energy Pyramid

A group of different populations (groups of species) that live together in a defined area.

• Population

• Community

• Biosphere

• Ecosystem

An organism that cannot make its own food.

• Heterotroph

• Consumer

• Autotroph

• Producer

A place where an organism lives.

• Niche

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Habitat

The study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment.

• Habitat

• Community

• Ecology

• Ecosystem

A group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms.

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Biome

• Population