Question 1

What is the study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment?

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Ecology

Question 2

What term refers to the living factors in an ecosystem?

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Biotic

Question 3

What term refers to the non-living factors in an ecosystem?

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Abiotic

Question 4

What is a living individual of a particular species called?

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Organism

Question 5

What refers to a group of organisms of the same species living in the same geographic area?

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Population

Question 6

What refers to all the populations of different species living and interacting in the same area?

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Community

Question 7

What refers to a community of organisms and their physical environment in which they interact?

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Ecosystem

Question 8

What refers to the specific environment in which an organism lives?

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Habitat

Question 9

What term refers to an animal that feeds on other animals?

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Carnivore

Question 10

What term refers to an animal that feeds mainly on plants or plant material?

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Herbivore

Question 11

What term refers to an organism that produces its own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis?

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Producer

Question 12

What term refers to the combined ecosystems of the planet?

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Biosphere

Question 13

What is the science of classifying organisms into hierarchical categories called?

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Taxonomy

Question 14

What is the taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class?

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Phylum

Question 15

What is the taxonomic rank below phylum and above order?

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Class

Question 16

What is the taxonomic rank below class and above species?

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Genus

Question 17

What is the taxonomic rank below genus and above subspecies?

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Species

Question 18

What term refers to the variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem?

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Biodiversity

Question 19

What refers to the interconnected and overlapping food chains in an ecosystem?

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Food web

Question 20

What refers to a linear sequence of who eats whom in an ecosystem?

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Food chain

Question 21

What term refers to the ability of an organism to do work or cause a change?

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Energy

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