Ecology Study Guide
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- Q1I studied my biomes chart!No!Yes!30s
- Q2What is an organism?One of one kind of speciesAll of the species in an areaAll living things in an areaOne of all the species on Earth30s
- Q3What is a population?One individual of one speciesOnly how many people live in a townall of the organisms of one species in an areaAll of the communities in an area30s
- Q4What is an ecosystem?all of the living and nonliving things in an areaall of the living things in an areaall of the nonliving things in an areaNo such thing as an ecysystem30s
- Q5What is a biome?One individual of one speciesThe living and nonliving things in an areaAll of the species in an areaAn area with similar climate and similar organisms30s
- Q6What does biotic mean?I have no idealivingmedicinenonliving30s
- Q7What does abiotic mean?nonlivinglivingI have no ideaspecies30s
- Q8What are two ways that people can have a positive impact on the environment and prevent soil erosion?clear cutting and mass burningraking leaves and irrigationreforestation and cover cropsdeforestation and no crops30s
- Q9The largest biome on Earth isTundraRainforestmarine biometerrestrial biome30s
- Q10How would you show competition for food in a food web?only one arrow pointing toward each organismmore than one arrow pointing away from an organism they all eatmore than one arrow pointing toward an organism they all eatNo arrows included in the food web at all30s
- Q11Define symbiosisA close relationship where both organisms are harmeda close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the speciesA close relationship where animals must compete for the same resourcesA close relationship where one organism kills and eats another organism30s
- Q12What is competition?a relationship in which both organisms benefita relationship in which organisms struggle to survive in a habitat with limited resourcesa relationship in which one organism benefits and one organism is harmeda relationship in which one organism benefits and the other organism gets nothing30s
- Q13E coli living in our intestines is an example ofcommensalismcompetitionparasitismmutualism30s
- Q14heartworms in a dog is an examplemutualismpredationcommensalismparasitism30s
- Q15An orchid in the top of a tree is an example ofcompetitioncommensalismparasitismmutualism30s