Ecology Quiz

Front 1

Producers capture energy from the ______ and make _________.

Back 1

Sun; Food

Front 2

Give a Bible Verse about producers (plants).

Back 2

Genesis 1. 29-30

Front 3

Consumers gain _________ by eating _____________ or other __________.

Back 3

Energy; Producers; Consumers

Front 4

The passing of energy from one organism to another is called a ____________.

Back 4

Food Chain

Front 5

Write this using words and hyphens (instead of arrows).

Back 5

Plant-Caterpillar-Frog-Owl-Decomposer

Front 6

The arrows we use when writing a food chain mean___________.

Back 6

"Goes Into"

Front 7

Food chains always begin with a ______________ and end with a _____________.

Back 7

Producer; Decomposer

Front 8

All of the interrelated food chains in an ecosystem from a ______________.

Back 8

Food Web

Front 9

This is a _____________.

Back 9

Food Web

Front 10

Something that eats dead things is called a _____________.

Back 10

Decomposer

Front 11

What are the 4 ecological relationships between organisms?

Back 11

Predator- Prey; Parasite- Host; Mutualism; Commensalism.

Front 12

Define Predator- Prey Relationships.

Back 12

One animal (predator) kills and eats another animal (prey)

Front 13

Define Parasite- Host Relationships.

Back 13

One organism (parasite) lives in or on another organism (host) and feeds off of the host.

Front 14

Define Mutualism.

Back 14

An association between two organisms of different populations that benefits both organisms.

Front 15

Define Commensalism.

Back 15

One organism benefits from another organism which is unaffected.

Front 16

Give an example of a predator- prey relationship.

Back 16

Lion eats a zebra

Front 17

Give an example of a parasite- host relationship.

Back 17

Tick feeds on a dog

Front 18

Give an example of mutualism.

Back 18

Lichens (algae & fungus)

Front 19

Give an example of commensalism.

Back 19

Barnacles on whales.

Front 20

Define Ecology

Back 20

The study of the interrelationships of organisms and their environment

Front 21

Define Ecosystem

Back 21

A limited area in which living and non living things interact

Ex. A meadow

Front 22

Define Habitat

Back 22

Something that provides the right living conditions for an organism

Front 23

Define Abiotic Environment

Back 23

The physical environment; all the non living factors in an ecosystem

Front 24

Define Biotic Community

Back 24

All the living organisms in an ecosystem

Front 25

Define Population

Back 25

All the individuals from the same species in an ecosystem

Front 26

Define Producer Organisms

Back 26

Manufacture their own food

Front 27

Define Consumer Organisms

Back 27

Cannot manufacture food; they must obtain their energy from other sources

Front 28

Define Decomposer Organisms

Back 28

Usually bacteria or fungi that break down the remains of dead organisms and return this material to the soil