Ecology Vocabulary

What is the term for the largest number of individuals of a species that an environment can support over a long period of time?

• Carrying Capacity

• Population Density

• Biotic Potential

• Ecological Niche

What is something that prevents a population from growing larger, like a lack of food or water?

• Limiting Factor

• Abundance

• Growth Enhancer

• Population Booster

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What is it called when two or more organisms fight for the same resources, like food or space?

• Competition

• Cooperation

• Symbiosis

• Predation

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What is the term for when two or more organisms work together to achieve a common goal?

• Cooperation

• Competition

• Predation

• Parasitism

What is a network of interconnected food chains showing how energy flows through an ecosystem called?

• Food Web

• Food Chain

• Energy Pyramid

• Trophic Level

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What is a series of organisms in which each organism eats the one below it called?

• Food Chain

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

• Biosphere

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What do you call an animal that hunts and eats other animals?

• Predator

• Herbivore

• Scavenger

• Omnivore

What is an animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal called?

• Prey

• Predator

• Scavenger

• Herbivore

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What is a close relationship between two different species that live together called?

• Symbiosis

• Parasitism

• Competition

• Predation

What type of symbiosis is where both organisms benefit from the relationship?

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Competition