Vocabulary Practice - Ecosystems

The day-to-day conditions of Earth's atmosphere are referred to as

• climate.
• weather.
• greenhouse effect.
• microclimate.

A region's climate is defined by

• factors such as solar energy trapped in the biosphere, latitude, wind, and ocean currents.
• the day-to-day condition of Earth's atmosphere.
• year-after-year patterns of temperature and precipitation.
• environmental conditions that vary over small distances.

The full range of physical and biological conditions in which an organism lives and the way it interacts with those conditions is called

• the organism's niche.
• abiotic factors.
• biotic factors.
• the organism's habitat.

Herbivory is defined as

• the interaction in which one animal feeds on producers.
• the interaction of one plant to another in a habitat.
• the interaction of a keystone species to its prey.
• the interaction between species in which one species benefits and the other does not.

When one organisms captures and eats another is known as..

• predation.
• preydation.
• mutualism.
• parasitism.

The tropical rainforest has more plant and animal species than other biomes. We would say the tropical rainforest has a high

• biodiversity.
• climate ratio.
• precipitation range.
• latitude.

Which biome has soil characterized by permafrost?

• tundra.
• temperate forest.
• northwestern coniferous forest.
• boreal forest.

the prefix bio- means

• life
• energy
• death
• matter

the prefix auto- means

• opposite
• self
• different
• other

The prefix hetero- means

• same or identical
• similar or alike
• different or other
• unrelated or disconnected