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Ecology Quiz #1

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

Which of the following is NOT considered to be one of the main component groups that must be present to have a complete ecosystem?
a.
consumers
b.
producers
c.
decomposers
d.
transformers
 

Completion
Complete each statement.
 

 2. 

A ________________ includes all of the populations of organisms that live within a defined area such as a woodland, marsh or cornfield.
 

 

 3. 

An ______________ is an individual plant, animal or other living thing.
 

 

 4. 

A _______________ is a group of similar organisms that are found in a defined area.
 

 

 5. 

A ____________ is a group of connected ecosystems.
 

 

 6. 

An ________________ is any partially self-contained environmental and living system.
 

 

Matching
 
 
Match the following definitions to their respective terms.
a.
environmental science
d.
ecologist
b.
ecology
e.
environmentalist
c.
environmentalism
 

 7. 

The branch of science that deals with the complex relationships among living organisms and their environment.
 

 8. 

A political activist with a special interest in some aspect of the environment.
 

 9. 

The study of the interactions and relationships among living organisms and the physical and chemical features of the surroundings in which they live.
 

 10. 

A scientist who studies the complex relationships and interactions among living organisms and their environment.
 



 
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