Chapter 21 Resource: Ecology

Name Date ClassChapterReviewEcologyPart A. Vocabulary ReviewDirections: Use the following terms to complete each sentence below.abiotic factors consumers population biospheredecomposers habitat producers biotic factorsecology limiting factor community ecosystemniche1. The term for a group of the same type of organisms living in the same place at the same timeis ______________________.2. The part of Earth where organisms can live is called the ______________________.3. Organisms that make their own food are called ______________________.4. The nonliving things found in an ecosystem are called ______________________.5. Organisms that are living parts of an ecosystem are called ______________________.6. The term that refers to something that keeps the size of a population from increasing is______________________.7. A system made up of organisms interacting with one another and with the nonliving parts ofCopyright © Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.the system is a(n) ______________________.8. The study of the interactions in an ecosystem is ______________________.9. Organisms that use dead organisms and the waste material from otherorganisms for food are called ______________________.10. Organisms that eat other organisms are ______________________.11. The place where an organism lives out its life is called its ______________________.12. The role of an organism in an ecosystem is called its ______________________.13. A(n) ______________________ consists of all of the populations that live in an area.AssessmentEcology 33