Habitats and Interactions

What is a study of all interrelationships between organisms and their environment?

• Ecology
• Taxonomy
• Evolution
• Genetics 

Factors such as air, water, sunlight, and temperature would be considered?

• Biotic factors
• Abiotic factors
• Niche

A symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit would be considered?

• Mutualism
• Commensalism
• Parasitism

What is an area where an organism lives called?

• Habitat
• Niche
• Community
• Population

What is the role or position an organism has in its environment called?

• Niche
• Habitat
• Species
• Community

Which is correct about a food web?

• The arrows always point from the prey to the predator
• The arrows always point from the predator to the prey
• There are no arrows in a correct food web
• It does not matter which direction the food web arrows point

What is something called that eats both plants and animals?

• Carnivore
• Detritivore
• Herbivore
• Omnivore

What is something called that eats fragments of dead matter in an ecosystem?

• Carnivore
• Herbivore
• Omnivore
• Detritivore

What is a symbiotic relationship where one species benefits and one is hurt?

• Commensalism
• Parasitism
• Mutualism

What is a group of interacting populations that occupy the same geographic area called?

• Community
• Population
• Biome
• Biosphere