Unit 3 Vocab

What is an organism?

• The practice of recovering damaged ecosystems.

• A living thing.

• An environment that supports the life of a specific organism.

• The ability of an ecosystem to maintain biodiversity.

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What does the term "habitat" refer to?

• The ability of an ecosystem to maintain biodiversity indefinitely.

• A living thing.

• An environment that provides the things a specific organism needs to survive, grow, and reproduce.

• The practice of helping a degraded ecosystem recover.

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What is sustainability in the context of an ecosystem?

• A living thing.

• An environment that supports the life of a specific organism.

• The practice of helping a degraded or destroyed ecosystem recover.

• The ability of an ecosystem to maintain biodiversity and production indefinitely.

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What is ecological restoration?

• The ability of an ecosystem to maintain biodiversity indefinitely.

• A living thing.

• An environment that supports the life of a specific organism.

• The practice of helping a degraded or destroyed ecosystem recover from damage.

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What is a population in ecological terms?

• A) A group of different species living in the same area.

• B) All the members of one species living in the same area.

• C) A collection of ecosystems in a large area.

• D) The nonliving components of an environment.

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What does the term "community" refer to in an ecological context?

• A) A single species interacting with the nonliving environment.

• B) All the members of one species living in different areas.

• C) All the different populations that live together in a certain area.

• D) The physical factors like climate and soil composition in an area.

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What is an ecosystem?

• A) The global sum of all living organisms.

• B) A community of organisms that live in a particular area along with their nonliving environment.

• C) A single species living in its natural habitat.

• D) The study of how living organisms interact with each other.

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What is a limiting factor in ecology?

• A) A resource that is abundantly available to a population.

• B) A factor that ensures the growth of a population.

• C) An environmental factor that causes a population to increase in size.

• D) An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease in size.

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What is a producer in the context of an ecosystem?

• An organism that consumes other organisms for energy

• An organization that can make its own food

• A type of consumer that only eats plants

• Something that eats something dead

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What does a consumer do in an ecosystem?

• It produces its own food through photosynthesis

• It breaks down dead matter into simpler substances

• It obtains energy by feeding on other organisms

• It forms the non-living components of the environment

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