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Ecology Vocabulary

Quiz by Natasha Salter

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26 questions
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  • Q1
    the movements of matter within and between ecosystems
    Carbon Cycle
    Nitrogen Cycle
    Biogeochemical Cycles
    Water Cycle
    30s
  • Q2
    A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
    Species
    Ecosystem
    Biotic Factors
    Population
    30s
  • Q3
    a diagram that shows the feeding relationships among organisms in an ecosystem
    Predator
    Food Web
    Symbiosis
    Energy Pyramid
    30s
  • Q4
    An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
    Producer
    Autotroph
    Consumer
    Species
    30s
  • Q5
    organism that breaks down and obtains energy from dead organic matter
    Bat
    Producer
    Decomposer
    Consumer
    30s
  • Q6
    the level of an organism in an ecosystem depending on its feeding position along a food chain
    Community
    Trophic Level
    Invasive Species
    Population
    30s
  • Q7
    A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web
    Food Web
    Food Chain
    Energy Pyramid
    Predator
    30s
  • Q8
    A species that influences the survival of many other species in an ecosystem
    Decomposer
    Keystone Species
    Predator
    Limiting Factor
    30s
  • Q9
    A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area
    Community
    Population
    Ecosystem
    Species
    30s
  • Q10
    All the different populations that live together in an area
    Organism
    Species
    Community
    Abiotic Factors
    30s
  • Q11
    the total mass of organisms in a given area or volume.
    Biomass
    Carrying Capacity
    Food Web
    Biodiversity
    30s
  • Q12
    largest number of individuals of a population that a given environment can support
    Carrying Capacity
    Limiting Factors
    Trophic Level
    Heterotroph
    30s
  • Q13
    environmental factors that restrict population growth
    Biomagnification
    Keystone Species
    Biogeochemical Cycles
    Limiting Factors
    30s
  • Q14
    s-shaped curve that shows how limiting factors slow and stop exponential growth
    Logistic Growth Curve
    Exponential Growth Curve
    Carrying Capacity
    Keystone Species
    30s
  • Q15
    J-shaped curve showing the rapid increase in a growing population
    Exponential Growth Curve
    Biogeochemical Cycles
    Keystone Species
    Logistic Growth Curve
    30s

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