The Investigator Ecology Vocab Quiz

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The Suspects and Methods Dewey Cheatum Sandy Beeches Anita Hugginkiss Craven Sumfood Ima B. Utiful Seymour Money Pencil Backpack False Papers Bank Insider Shovel Internet

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Ecology is the study of the interactions of living organisms With each other With each other and their environment

This type of Scientist studies the interaction of organisms with their environment EcologistBiologist

Which term describes a population’s way of life and its role (job) in the environment? NicheHabitat

What is the name of a group of the SAME SPECIES living together in a particular place? Community Population

What is the physical location for a certain species called? NicheHabitat

Which of the following is an example of an abiotic factor? WaterPlants

Which is larger… OrganismPopulation

Which is smaller… communityEcosystem

A population of organisms that can interbreed to produce healthy offspring is a(n) ______. NicheSpecies

Which of the following is an abiotic factor? WindTrees

Bacteria, fungi & earthworms are examples of… decomposersdetrivores

Which of the following is a biotic factor… Soil Flowers

Life on earth depends on… Photosynthetic organismsAnimals that eat plants

Organisms that make organic nutrients are called ProducersConsumers

A niche is… An organism’s role Or job for an ecosystem The place where they live

Cows:Herbivores:: Horses:CarnivoresPlants:Producers

Carnivores only eat PlantsAnimals

A relationship between a producer and consumer could be… A fox eating a mouseA zebra eating grass

Which of the following is an accurate food chain? Grass  Mouse  SnakeMouse  Grass  Snake

What does a detritivore or scavenger eat? Dead organic materialPlants

Which best describes a scavenger A fiesty autotrophA dirty heterotroph

What shows the energy flow in an ecosystem? Food ChainsFood Pyramids

Rain is a(an) Biotic factorAbiotic factor

Another name for Autotroph is PlantsAnimals

Another name for Autotroph is ProducerConsumer

Another name for a consumer is autotrophheterotroph

Which contains the following: communities, energy, soil, water, weather ecosystempopulation

Bacteria are DecomposersDetritovores

Animals are Abiotic factorsBiotic Factors

Animals are ConsumersProducers

Grass  grasshopper  bird  snake is an example of Food webFood Chain

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