FREE ECOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT ECOSYSTEMS

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FREE ECOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT ECOSYSTEMS

VOCAB EXAM QUESTIONS

Actual Qs and Ans Expert-Verified Explanation

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-Guarantee passing score -27 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation

Question 1: Herbivore

Answer:

plant eater

Question 2: Biodiversity

Answer:

the variety of life in the world or in an ecosystem

Question 3: Parasitic

Answer:

A relationship between two organisms where one benefits while the other is harmed

Question 4: Conservation

Answer:

the protection of things found in nature so they will be present in the future.

Question 5: Invasive Species

Answer:

Organisms that invade an area and multiply, harming native species.

Question 6: Resource

Answer:

anything needed to live, such as water, nutrients, light, food, or space

Question 7: Prey (Presa)

Answer:

An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism

Question 8: Competition

Answer:

A relationship where there is a struggle between organisms for the limited resources in an ecosystem

Question 9: Food Web

Answer:

A community of organisms where there are several connected food chains

Question 10: Biotic factors

Answer:

living things in an ecosystem

Question 11: Community (Comunidad)

Answer:

All the different populations that live together in an area

Question 12: Secondary consumer

Answer:

primarily eats primary consumers (might eat plants too if they are omnivores)

Question 13: Food Chain

Answer:

series of steps in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten

Question 14: Producer

Answer:

an organism that makes its own food; an organism that does not consume other plants or animals; they provide energy for the rest of the ecosystem

Question 15: Decomposer

Answer:

organism that breaks down and obtains energy from dead plants and animals (returns nutrients to soil for producers)

Question 16: Omnivore

Answer:

plant and meat eater

Question 17: Population (Población)

Answer:

a particular group, section, or type of people or animals living in an area

Question 18: Organism (Organismo)

Answer:

A living thing (like plants or animals)

Question 19: Abiotic Factors

Answer:

Non-living things in an ecosystem

Question 20: Mutualism

Answer:

A relationship between two organisms where they rely on and benefit from each other

Question 21: Tertiary consumer

Answer:

eats other consumers; top of the food chain

Question 22: Energy pyramid

Answer:

A model to show how much energy is transferred from one trophic (feeding) level to the next [10% rule]

Question 23: Ecosystem

Answer:

A system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment

Question 24: Consumer

Answer:

An organism that gets energy by eating other organisms

Question 25: Predator

Answer:

An animal that hunts other animals for food

Question 26: Carnivore

Answer:

meat eater

Question 27: Primary consumer

Answer:

eats producers (herbivores)