Ch.1 Book 2 Interactions Of Living Things

Question 0

Resources such as water, food, or sunlight are more likely to be limiting factors when a population is approaching the ________ _______.

Answer 0

Carrying capacity

Question 1

A tick sucks blood from a dog. In this relationship ,the tick is the ______ and the dog is the ________

Answer 1

1) predator

2) prey

Question 2

“Natures recyclers” are ___________

Answer 2

Decomposers

Question 3

A beneficial association between coral and algae is an example of_____________

Answer 3

Mutualism

Question 4

How energy moves through an ecosystem can be represented by _________________

Answer 4

The food web

Question 5

The base of an energy pyramid represents which organisms in an ecosystem?

Answer 5

Producers

Question 6

What is the correct order in a food chain?

Answer 6

Sun,producers,herbivores,carnivores,scavengers

Question 7

Remoras and sharks have a relationship best described as___________

Answer 7

Commensalism

Question 8

An organisms _________mis defined as the environment in which it lives.

Answer 8

Habitat

Question 9

Herbivores, carnivores, and scavengers are all ________.

Answer 9

Consumers

Question 10

Animals that eat a variety of meats, fruits, and vegetables are ___________.

Answer 10

Omnivores

Question 11

Scientists who study the connections among living things specialize in the science of ________.

Answer 11

Ecology

Question 12

The __________ part of the environment is all of the organisms that live together and interact with one another.

Answer 12

Communities

Question 13

The ______part of the environment includes all of the physical factors- such as water, soil, light, temperature- that affect organisms living in a particular area.

Answer 13

Biotic

Question 14

The _________ is the part of earth where life exists and includes every ecosystem.

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Biosphere

Question 15

An __________ contains BOTH a biotic environment and an abiotic environment.

Answer 15

Ecosystem

Question 16

A __________ contains ONLY a biotic environment.

Answer 16

Community

Question 17

Organisms that use sunlight directly to make food are called____________.

Answer 17

Producers

Question 18

Organisms that eat producers or other organisms to obtain energy are called _________.

Answer 18

Omnivore

Question 19

Organisms that get energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms are called _________.

Answer 19

Scavengers

Question 20

Most producers are ______.

Answer 20

Plants

Question 21

What is YOUR part in the ecosystem?

Answer 21

Consumer

Question 22

A ___________ is a consumer that eats plants

Answer 22

Herbivore

Question 23

A _________ is a consumer that eats animals.

Answer 23

Carnivore

Question 24

An ___________ is a consumer that eats both plants and animals.

Answer 24

Omnivore

Question 25

A _________ is an animal that feeds on the bodies of dead animals.

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Scavenger

Question 26

Which category is the largest?

a) community b)population
c) organism d)biosphere

Answer 26

D.) biosphere

Question 27

The organism that is eaten is called the _______.

Answer 27

Prey

Question 28

The organism that eats the prey is called the _________.

Answer 28

Predator

Question 29

A symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit is called _____________.

Answer 29

Mutualism

Question 30

A symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected is called _________________

Answer 30

Commensalism

Question 31

A symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits while the other is harmed is called _________.

Answer 31

Parasitism

Question 32

Organism benefits and other is harmed

Answer 32

Parasitism

Question 33

Long term change that takes place in 2 species because of their close interactions with one another

Answer 33

Convolution

Question 34

Describes living factors in the environment

Answer 34

Biotic

Question 35

Part of the earth where life exists

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Biosphere

Question 36

Individuals of the same species that live together in the same area at the the same time

Answer 36

Population

Question 37

Diagram shaped triangle that shows loss of energy at each level of the food chain

Answer 37

Energy pyramid

Question 38

Environment where an organism lives

Answer 38

Habitat

Question 39

Complex diagram representing many energy pathways in a real ecosystem

Answer 39

Food web

Question 40

Consumer that eats a variety of organisms

Answer 40

Omnivore

Question 41

Organisms way of life and it’s relationship with its abiotic and biotic environment

Answer 41

Niche

Question 42

Consumer that eats meat

Answer 42

Carnivore

Question 43

Organism eaten by another organism

Answer 43

Prey

Question 44

Organism that eats other organisms

Answer 44

Predator

Question 45

Describes no living factors in an environment

Answer 45

Abiotic

Question 46

Organism benefits while the other is unaffected

Answer 46

Commensalism

Question 47

Both organisms benefit

Answer 47

Mutualism

Question 48

Largest population a given environment can support over a long period of time

Answer 48

Carrying capacity

Question 49

A close long term association between two or more species

Answer 49

Symbiosis

Question 50

Community of organisms and it’s abiotic environment

Answer 50

Ecosystem

Question 51

Study of interactions between organisms and their environment

Answer 51

Ecology

Question 52

Consumer that eats plants

Answer 52

Herbivore

Question 53

An animal that feeds on the bodies of dead animals

Answer 53

Scavenger

Question 54

Diagram that represents hot the energy in food molecules flow from one organism to the next

Answer 54

Food chain