The structure or behavior that helps an organism survive in its surroundings
Abiotic
Adaptation
Consumer
Ecology
3. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
A variety of different species in an area
Biodiversity
Adaptation
Ecology
Food Web
4. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The living components of an ecosystem
Abiotic
Community
Biotic
Producer
5. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
All of the populations sharing a specific area or region
Community
Ecosystem
Food Web
Biodiversity
6. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
An organism, usually an animal, that feeds on plants or other animals.
Producer
Consumer
Host
Prey
7. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Continuous colonization, extinction, and replacement of species' populations at a particular site, due to environmental changes.
Ecological Succession
Ecology
Commensalism
Competition
8. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Study of interactions of organisms with each other and their environment
Community
Ecology
Energy Pyramid
Primary Succession
9. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Ecological hierarchy of food relationships in which a chief predator is at the top; each level receives energy from the next lower level
Energy Pyramid
Food Chain
Food Web
Competition
10. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Arrangement of the organisms of an ecological community according in which each uses the next usually lower member as a food source
Energy Pyramid
Food Chain
Food Web
Competition
11. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Arrangement of several overlapping food chains
Energy Pyramid
Food Chain
Food Web
Competition
12. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The theory, founded by Charles Darwin, whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.
Natural Selection
Adaptation
Biodiversity
Competition
13. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
All members of a species living in a particular area at a particular time
Population
Community
Ecosystem
Biotic
14. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The development of biotic factors in previously uninhabited areas with little to no top soil
Primary Succession
Secondary Succession
Biodiversity
Ecosystem
15. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
An organism that makes its own food.
Producer
Consumer
Herbivore
Omnivore
16. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Occurs in an area where soil exists and growth of plants has been interrupted but not completely wiped out
Primary Succession
Secondary Succession
Biodiversity
Ecosystem
17. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Human-made underwater structures, typically built for the purpose of promoting/preserving marine life
Artificial Reef
Secondary Sucecssion
Biodiversity
Commensalism
18. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Relationship between species in which one species is helped and the other is unaffected
Parasitism
Commensalism
Mutualism
Competition
19. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Organisms trying to get their share of the limited resources available.
Competition
Commensalism
Mutualism
Symbiosis
20. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Simple organism, such as bacteria or fungus, that breaks down dead organisms and waste, returning important nutrients to the environment
Decomposer
Producer
Autotroph
Parasite
21. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The state of relying on something for survival
Dependence
Food Web
Commensalism
Symbiosis
22. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
All the living and nonliving components that interact with each other in various environments.
Comminity
Biodiversity
Ecosystem
Resources
23. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
A living organism from which a parasite obtains nutrients
Host
Predator
Omnivore
Producer
24. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Being mutually reliant on another
Interdependence
Commensalism
Predator
Community
25. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Relationship between two species in which both species benefit
Mutualism
Parasitism
Commensalism
Predator
26. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
An organism that lives on or in another organism to receive nutrients from the organism to benefit itself
Parasite
Mutualism
Host
Predator
27. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Relationship between species in which one species benefits and the other is harmed but not usually killed
Parasitism
Mutualism
Commensalism
None of These
28. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Animal that kills and eats other animals (prey)
Predator
Parasite
Producer
All of These
29. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
Prey
Predator
Parasite
All of These
30. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Useful materials we get from the Earth that enhance the quality of human life.
Resources
Oil
Crops
Hydroelectric Power
31. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Water that flows over the ground surface or through the ground directly carrying pollutants from the ground into streams, rivers, lakes and eventually the ocean.
Runoff
Resources
Pollution
None of These
32. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The makeup of soil such as sediment, minerals and decaying organic material