Name:_____________________________________Class:___________Date:____________________
ECOLOGY VOCAB QUIZ Version 2 (2019)
Matching: Put the letter of the term next to the corresponding definition
a. Biome
d. Community
b. Biosphere
e. Population
c. Ecosystem
f. Ecology
_____1. The scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their
environment
_____2. A group of ecosystems that have similar climates and organisms
_____3. A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area
_____4. Consists of the parts of the planet in which all life exists
_____5. A group of different populations that live together in the same area
_____6. All organisms that live in a certain area plus their physical environment
g. Decomposers k. Detritivores
h. Abiotic factor l. Biotic factor
i. Trophic level m. Omnivores
j. Scavengers
_____7. These organisms consume the carcasses of other animals
_____8. Each step in a food chain or food web
_____9. Any living part of an environment
_____10. These organisms eat both plants and animals
_____11. Any nonliving part of an environment
_____12. These organisms feed on dead matter
_____13. These organisms break down organic matter
n.
o.
p.
q.
Commensalismr. Keystone species
Habitats. Parasitism
Competitive Exclusion Principlet. Niche
Mutualism
_____14. This type of symbiosis benefits one species but neither harms or helps the other
_____15. Changes in these organisms populations can cause dramatic changes to an entire
ecosystem.
_____16. This term describes all of the physical and biological conditions in which a species
lives and the way the species obtains what it needs to survive and reproduce
_____17. No two species can occupy exactly the same niche in exactly the same habitat at the
same time
_____18. The place where a species lives
_____19. This type of symbiosis benefits both species
_____20. This type of symbiosis benefits one species and harms the other
u. Biodiversity
v. Emigration
w. Limiting Factor
_____21.
_____22.
support
_____23.
_____24.
_____25.
_____26.
x. Carrying Capacity
y. Ecological succession
z. Immigration
A series of changes that occurs in a community over time
The maximum number of individuals of a given species that the environment can
Movement of individuals into an area
Movement of individuals our of an area
The sum of all the genetic variety among all the organisms in the biosphere
Something that controls the growth of a population