Vocabulary Quiz Chapter 6: Changes in Ecosystems

The use of less of a resource to make it last longer.

• O. Conservation

• A. Population

• D. Adaptation

• B. Community

• C. Competition

An area where an organism can find everything it needs to survive.

• N. Habitat

• A. Population

• D. Adaptation

• B. Community

• C. Competition

A waste product that harms living things and damages an ecosystem.

• C. Competition

• D. Adaptation

• B. Community

• A. Population

• L. Pollution

The process of cleaning and restoring a damaged ecosystem.

• D. Adaptation

• C. Competition

• A. Population

• O. Restoration

• B. Community

Use the words in the text box to match the meaning to the word: ____ A mixture of rain and acids from air pollution that falls to the Earth.

• Acid Rain

• Adaptation

• Competition

• Community

• Population

Use the words in the text box to match the meaning to the word: ____ The gradual change in the kinds of organisms living in an ecosystem.

• J. Succession

• A. Population

• D. Adaptation

• B. Community

• C. Competition

The death of all the organisms of a species.

• Community

• Population

• Adaptation

• Competition

• Extinction

Use the words in the text box to match the meaning to the word: ____ A group of organisms of one kind that live in one location.

• D. Adaptation

• A. Population

• C. Competition

• B. Community

• E. Symbiosis

An animal that is eaten by a predator.

• Adaptation

• Population

• Competition

• Prey

• Community

An animal that kills and eats other organisms.

• D. Adaptation

• A. Population

• C. Competition

• H. Predator

• B. Community