ECOLOGY VOCABULARY REVIEW



ECOLOGY VOCABULARY REVIEW

Name ______________________________

Write the word that matches the definitions or descriptions below.

1. _________________A scientist collects numerical data in an experiment.

2. ________________The part of the experiment that is standard and all other groups are compared.

3. ______________The part of the hypothesis that is changed and affects the outcome of the experiment.

4. _______________An explanation for a question or a problem that can be formally tested.

5. _________________The study of living things.

6. _________________The number of things tested in an experiment; usually it is best to have a large number for best results.

7. ______________An explanation of a natural phenomenon that is supported by a large body of evidence from many different experiments and can be changed.

8. ________________________A scientist collects descriptive data in an experiment.

9. __________________Set of instructions to ensure that everyone in a lab protects themselves during an experiment.

10. __________________The part of the hypothesis that depends on changes to other variables and is collected as data.

11. ______________________The part of the experiment that receives experimental treatment.

12. __________________________Regulation of an organism’s internal environment.

13. ___________________________What a scientist can perceive through their sense of sound, sight, touch, taste, smell.

14. _________________________Ideas that are formed based upon observation but not yet proven.

Directions: Use the vocabulary words from Chapter 2.1 to fill in the blanks.

Abiotic population community biome/ecosystem

Biotic biosphere niche habitat

Organism symbiosis predation cammensalism

Parasitism mutualism

| | |The place where a population lives. |

|1 | | |

|2 | |The many different species that live together in a habitat. |

|3 | |A group of organisms of the same species that live in the same habitat. |

|4 | |The living part of an ecosystem. |

|5 | |A community and all the physical aspects of its habitat. |

|6 | |The non-living part of an ecosystem. |

|7 | |Something that is living. |

|8. | |Close interactions between species. |

|9. | |A relationship in which one individual is harmed and the other is benefited. |

|10 | |A relationship in which one individual is benefited and the other is not affected. |

|11 | |A cooperative relationship where both individuals are benefited. |

|12 | |The area of earth where life exists. |

|13 | |The role that an organism plays in an ecosystem. |

|14. | |One organism captures, kills and consumes another. |

|Word choices for section 3 | |

|Food web decomposer | |

|Food chain energy pyramid | |

|Producer carbon | |

|Consumer water | |

|Heterotroph transpiration | |

|Carnivore photosynthesis | |

|Omnivore cellular respiration | |

|1. |Provides usable energy for living things. |

|2. |This cycle involves cvaporation, transpiration, condensation |

| |and precipitation. |

|3. |Each trophic level contains 90% less energy than the level |

| |below it. |

|4. |Path of energy flow in an ecosystem. |

|5. |These organisms break down waste and return nutrients into the |

| |environment, |

|6. |Can not produce their own food. |

| | |

|7. |Obtain energy from other organisms. |

| | |

|8 |Shows all feeding relationships in an ecosystem. |

|9. |6CO2 + 6H2O-( 6C6H12O6 + 6O2 |

| | |

|10. |Organism that eats a variety of plants and meat products. |

|11. |Organism that only eats meat. |

| | |

|12. |Produce their own food. |

| | |

|13. |Water exits plant leaves and is returned to the atmosphere. |

|14. |In this cycle, products of photosynthesis are the reactants of |

| |cellular respiration. |

|15. |Organism that only eats plants. |

| | |

Words for section 4 are below

|1. |As a population gets larger it continues to grow at a faster |

| |rate; growth does not slow down |

|2. |Any biotic or abiotic factor that restricts the population size |

| |of an organism |

|3. |The number of organisms of one species that an environment can |

| |support indefinitely |

|4. |A group of organisms that are all the same species |

|5. |A population that has reached its carrying capacity |

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Words for section 5 are below:

|1. |Chemicals that are used to protect crops by killing insects and |

| |other pests but cause pollution when they run off into |

| |rivers/streams |

|2. |Build up of chemicals in organisms that increases as it travels |

| |up the food web |

|3. |A species enters a new habitat and grows quickly because it has |

| |no predators or competition |

|4. |Loss of the protective layer in the atmosphere caused by the |

| |spraying of CFC’s |

|5. |Loss of habitat due to clear cutting |

|6. |Loss of habitat due to pollution |

|7. |The variety of different organisms in an area |

|8. |Natural resources that can be replaced with sustainable practices|

|9. |Gradual increase of earth’s temperature caused by increased |

| |carbon dioxide gas that traps heat |

|10. |Encourages people to use natural resources in a way that will |

| |benefit them and maintain the environment |

|11. |Pollution from combustion engines that makes the rain intolerable|

| |for some living things. |

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safety plan hypothesis

sample size quantitative data

biology independent variable

experimental group theory

inference control group

homeostasis observation

dependent variable qualitative data

Carrying capacity

Population

Logistic Growth

Exponential Growth

Limiting Factor

acid rain

sustainable practices

habitat degradation

biodiversity

global warming

ozone depletion

renewable resources

bioaccumulation

deforestation

invasive species

pesticides

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