Ecology Test Review

Rain, snow, sleet, hail, falling from the clouds

Symbiotic Relationship where one organism benefits and the other is unaffected

Organism that breaks down dead material to obtain energy

A group of animals of the same species

Where fresh water meets salt water

An area of land with specific animals and plants, based on the climate of the area

How do animals get the nitrogen they need?

Which would NOT be a positive human impact?

Cell-Tissue-Organ- Organ System-Organism- Population-Community-_______________

Biome with extremely high moisture and warm temperatures

Biome with the greatest diversity

The environment in which an organism lives

Biome where we live

The largest population that an area can support

As you move up an energy pyramid, the amount of energy available

Consumer that eats both plants and animals

Symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed

Two or more individuals or populations trying to use the same limited resource

When fertilizers wash into the water it causes an algae bloom. This is called -

Coldest biome with permafrost

Cell-Tissue-Organ- Organ System-Organism- _______________

Why do plants and animals need nitrogen?

The role of an organism in its habitat, or how it makes a living

A close long-term relationship between 2 or more species is known as -

In a cycle, like the nitrogen cycle, matter is -

What process removes carbon dioxide from the air? 

The study of interactions between organisms and their environment

In an energy pyramid, how much energy is passed from one organism to another? 

Symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit

Clouds forms due to the _______ of water vapor into water droplets

Which below is an abiotic factor?

The part of Earth where life exists

One pathway showing the flow of energy from one organism to another

What process produces carbon dioxide that goes into the atmosphere? 

What is the only type of organism that converts nitrogen into a usable form?

A community of organisms and their nonliving environment

A diagram showing the many pathways energy can flow within an ecosystem

Which would most likely cause a rabbit population to increase?

Biome with very low moisture and may have hot or cold temperatures

Living factors in the environment