Ecology Vocab

A group of one species in one area is called a...

• Population

• Community

• Habitat

• Consumer

All of the different species in an ecosystem is known as a

• Community

• Habitat

• Population

• Producer

Examples of a producer

• frog
• algae
• worm
• mouse

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Example of a decomposer

• fungus
• mouse
• plants
• frogs

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An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:

• Autotroph
• Producer
• Consumer
• Mutualist

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What is the carrying capacity mean?

• The number of individuals an area can carry

• the number of births

• The number of deaths an area has

• not sure

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Many animals travel in herds to avoid predators. Predators will often search around herds to find lone animals to hunt. What kind of factor is at work here?

• Density Dependent Factor

• Density Independent Factor

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The exponential graph is a graph that shows us population size increasing quickly, which one below shows us that

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A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem is a ____________

• food chain

• food web

• biotic factors

• food path

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A Tsunami comes and destroys both a large town and a rural coastal area. The Tsunami is:

• Density Dependent Factor

• Density Independent Factor

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