Unit 9 (Ecology) Vocabulary Quiz
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- Q1What is ecology?a group of organisms of the same speciesall of the biotic factors in one areathe study of interactions between organisms and their environmentall of the biotic and abiotic factors in one area30s
- Q2What is a living thing in an ecosystem called?bioticabiotic30s
- Q3What is a nonliving thing in an ecosystem that is essential to the survival of living things called?bioticabiotic30s
- Q4What is a population?a group of organisms of the same speciesall of the biotic factors in one areaall of the biotic and abiotic factors in one area30s
- Q5What is a community?all of the biotic factors in one areaall of the biotic and abiotic factors in one areaa group of organisms of the same species30s
- Q6What is an ecosystem?a group of organisms of the same speciesall of the biotic factors in one areaall of the biotic and abiotic factors in one area30s
- Q7What is an organism that obtains energy directly from the Sun in order to produce food called?consumerproducer30s
- Q8What is an organism that obtains energy by eating other organisms called?consumerproducer30s
- Q9What is a trophic level?the position occupied by an organism in a food web30s
- Q10What is the process of converting nitrogen gas into usable nitrogen called?denitrificationnitrogen fixation30s
- Q11What is the process of converting nitrates into nitrogen gas called?nitrogen fixationdenitrification30s
- Q12What is immigration?the movement of individuals out of an areathe movement of individuals into an area30s
- Q13What is emigration?the movement of individuals into an areathe movement of individuals out of an area30s
- Q14What is the maximum number of organisms of one species that an ecosystem can support called?carrying capacitylimiting factor30s
- Q15What is a limiting factor?the maximum number of organisms of one species that an ecosystem can supporta biotic or abiotic factor that limits the survival and reproduction of organisms30s