Ecology Terminology

Tree kangaroos live in the upper branches of trees in the rainforests of Queensland, as well as on the island of New Guinea. This is an example of the tree kangaroos ___.

• niche

• habitat

• community

• population

What is the name of an animal that is hunted and eaten by other animals?

• producer

• prey

• predator

• decomposer

Rabbits and deer eat lettuce leaves from a garden.

^{What ecological interaction describes the relationship between rabbits and deer?}

• Mutualism

• Competition

• Commensalism

• Predation

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The diagram below represents an energy pyramid.

Which type of organism could occupy levels B, C, and D of this energy pyramid?

• consumer

• producer

• autotroph

• carnivore

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A single individual belonging to a specific species

• Biotic

• Community

• Organism

• Reptile

Two or more members of a particular species living and interacting in the same area

• Community

• Population

• Organisms

• Biosphere

Different populations living and interacting with each other in the same area

• Biome

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Niche

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What is this picture describing?

• It is describing natural selection.

• It is describing direct competition between flamingos and ducks.

• It is describing abiotic factors of the tundra.

• It is describing the niche of each bird.

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Food, water, sunlight, shelter, and space are resources that are often __________.

• limiting factors

• wet

• messy

• found in rocks

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A lion that eats a zebra that eats grass is a

• primary consumer

• secondary consumer

• tertiary consumer

• quaternary consumer

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