Topic 6 vocab Quiz

1. number of different types of organisms in an area Carrying capacity Decomposer Ecological niche Ecological succession Ecology Ecosystem Energy pyramid Abiotic Autotroph Biodiversity Biosphere Biotic Carnivore Community Competition Consumer Food web Habitat Herbivore Heterotrophy Host Parasite Environment Finite Food chain Limiting factors Population Predator Prey Producer Scavenger

2. organism lives in or on a host organism Carrying capacity Decomposer Ecological niche Ecological succession Ecology Ecosystem Energy pyramid Abiotic Autotroph Biodiversity Biosphere Biotic Carnivore Community Competition Consumer Food web Habitat Herbivore Heterotrophy Host Parasite Environment Finite Food chain Limiting factors Population Predator Prey Producer Scavenger

3. the living and nonliving things that interact in a given area Carrying capacity Decomposer Ecological niche Ecological succession Ecology Ecosystem Energy pyramid Abiotic Autotroph Biodiversity Biosphere Biotic Carnivore Community Competition Consumer Food web Habitat Herbivore Heterotrophy Host Parasite Environment Finite Food chain Limiting factors Population Predator Prey Producer Scavenger

4. all living and non living things that surround an organism Carrying capacity Decomposer Ecological niche Ecological succession Ecology Ecosystem Energy pyramid Abiotic Autotroph Biodiversity Biosphere Biotic Carnivore Community Competition Consumer Food web Habitat Herbivore Heterotrophy Host Parasite Environment Finite Food chain Limiting factors Population Predator Prey Producer Scavenger

5. breaks down dead materials Carrying capacity Decomposer Ecological niche Ecological succession Ecology Ecosystem Energy pyramid Abiotic Autotroph Biodiversity Biosphere Biotic Carnivore Community Competition Consumer Food web Habitat Herbivore Heterotrophy Host Parasite Environment Finite Food chain Limiting factors Population Predator Prey Producer Scavenger

6. the study of how living things interact Carrying capacity Decomposer Ecological niche Ecological succession Ecology Ecosystem Energy pyramid Abiotic Autotroph Biodiversity Biosphere Biotic Carnivore Community Competition Consumer Food web Habitat Herbivore Heterotrophy Host Parasite Environment Finite Food chain Limiting factors Population Predator Prey Producer Scavenger

7. organism being eaten -+ Carrying capacity Decomposer Ecological niche Ecological succession Ecology Ecosystem Energy pyramid Abiotic Autotroph Biodiversity Biosphere Biotic Carnivore Community Competition Consumer Food web Habitat Herbivore Heterotrophy Host Parasite Environment Finite Food chain Limiting factors Population Predator Prey Producer Scavenger

8. eats organisms that have already died Carrying capacity Decomposer Ecological niche Ecological succession Ecology Ecosystem Energy pyramid Abiotic Autotroph Biodiversity Biosphere Biotic Carnivore Community Competition Consumer Food web Habitat Herbivore Heterotrophy Host Parasite Environment Finite Food chain Limiting factors Population Predator Prey Producer Scavenger

9. Maximum number of organisms an area can hold Carrying capacity Decomposer Ecological niche Ecological succession Ecology Ecosystem Energy pyramid Abiotic Autotroph Biodiversity Biosphere Biotic Carnivore Community Competition Consumer Food web Habitat Herbivore Heterotrophy Host Parasite Environment Finite Food chain Limiting factors Population Predator Prey Producer Scavenger

10. the process of one community replacing another Carrying capacity Decomposer Ecological niche Ecological succession Ecology Ecosystem Energy pyramid Abiotic Autotroph Biodiversity Biosphere Biotic Carnivore Community Competition Consumer Food web Habitat Herbivore Heterotrophy Host Parasite Environment Finite Food chain Limiting factors Population Predator Prey Producer Scavenger

11. interconnected food chains Carrying capacity Decomposer Ecological niche Ecological succession Ecology Ecosystem Energy pyramid Abiotic Autotroph Biodiversity Biosphere Biotic Carnivore Community Competition Consumer Food web Habitat Herbivore Heterotrophy Host Parasite Environment Finite Food chain Limiting factors Population Predator Prey Producer Scavenger

12. organism that makes it’s own food Carrying capacity Decomposer Ecological niche Ecological succession Ecology Ecosystem Energy pyramid Abiotic Autotroph Biodiversity Biosphere Biotic Carnivore Community Competition Consumer Food web Habitat Herbivore Heterotrophy Host Parasite Environment Finite Food chain Limiting factors Population Predator Prey Producer Scavenger

13. the place where an organism lives Carrying capacity Decomposer Ecological niche Ecological succession Ecology Ecosystem Energy pyramid Abiotic Autotroph Biodiversity Biosphere Biotic Carnivore Community Competition Consumer Food web Habitat Herbivore Heterotrophy Host Parasite Environment Finite Food chain Limiting factors Population Predator Prey Producer Scavenger

14. factor that limits the size of a population Carrying capacity Decomposer Ecological niche Ecological succession Ecology Ecosystem Energy pyramid Abiotic Autotroph Biodiversity Biosphere Biotic Carnivore Community Competition Consumer Food web Habitat Herbivore Heterotrophy Host Parasite Environment Finite Food chain Limiting factors Population Predator Prey Producer Scavenger

Carrying capacity Decomposer Ecological niche Ecological succession Ecology Ecosystem Energy pyramid Abiotic Autotroph Biodiversity Biosphere Biotic Carnivore Community Competition Consumer Food web Habitat Herbivore Heterotrophy Host Parasite Environment Finite Food chain Limiting factors Population Predator Prey Producer Scavenger 15. living organisms