Environmental Science UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Ecology ✔✔✔The study of the interactions between living things and their environment
Organisms ✔✔✔Any living thing made up of at least one cell that can live on its own
Biotic ✔✔✔Part of the environment that includes all of the living organisms that live and
interact with one another
-all of the living parts
Abiotic ✔✔✔Part of the environment that includes the physical features of the environment
that affect the organisms living in a particular area
-any non living part
-water, sunlight, soil, temperature, etc.
What does every food chain or web begin with? ✔✔✔-a producer such as a plant that uses
the sun's light to make food for itself
Population ✔✔✔Group of individuals of the same species that live together in the same area
at the same time
Community ✔✔✔Many populations of species that live in the same area at the same time and
interact with one another
Ecosystem ✔✔✔Made up of a community of organisms and how they interact with the
abiotic environment
-all of the living and non-living things
, EXAMPLE: Forest ecosystem and all of the animals, plants, water, soil, sun that affect it
Biosphere ✔✔✔Part of Earth where all life exists
Producer ✔✔✔-An organism that uses sunlight to make their own food
-Also called Autotrophs
-process is called photosynthesis
Examples:
-plants
-algae
-some bacteria
Consumer ✔✔✔-An organism that eats producers or other organisms for energy
-Also called Heterotrophs
4 kinds of consumers:
-herbivores
-carnivore
-omnivore
-scavenger
Herbivore ✔✔✔-a consumer that eats plants
Carnivore ✔✔✔-a consumer that eats animals
Omnivore ✔✔✔- a consumer that eats both plants and animals
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Ecology ✔✔✔The study of the interactions between living things and their environment
Organisms ✔✔✔Any living thing made up of at least one cell that can live on its own
Biotic ✔✔✔Part of the environment that includes all of the living organisms that live and
interact with one another
-all of the living parts
Abiotic ✔✔✔Part of the environment that includes the physical features of the environment
that affect the organisms living in a particular area
-any non living part
-water, sunlight, soil, temperature, etc.
What does every food chain or web begin with? ✔✔✔-a producer such as a plant that uses
the sun's light to make food for itself
Population ✔✔✔Group of individuals of the same species that live together in the same area
at the same time
Community ✔✔✔Many populations of species that live in the same area at the same time and
interact with one another
Ecosystem ✔✔✔Made up of a community of organisms and how they interact with the
abiotic environment
-all of the living and non-living things
, EXAMPLE: Forest ecosystem and all of the animals, plants, water, soil, sun that affect it
Biosphere ✔✔✔Part of Earth where all life exists
Producer ✔✔✔-An organism that uses sunlight to make their own food
-Also called Autotrophs
-process is called photosynthesis
Examples:
-plants
-algae
-some bacteria
Consumer ✔✔✔-An organism that eats producers or other organisms for energy
-Also called Heterotrophs
4 kinds of consumers:
-herbivores
-carnivore
-omnivore
-scavenger
Herbivore ✔✔✔-a consumer that eats plants
Carnivore ✔✔✔-a consumer that eats animals
Omnivore ✔✔✔- a consumer that eats both plants and animals
