Ecology
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. ecology
A. A community of organisms where each member is eaten in turn by another member
2. ecosystem
B. The occurrence of surplus liquid exceeding the limit or capacity
3. community
C. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs
4. habitat
D. The process of becoming a vapor
5. diversity
E. A community of organisms where there are several interrelated ___ chains
6. complex
F. Any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants (plural)
7. producers
G. How plants make food from sunlight
8. consumers
H. The environment as it relates to living organisms
9. herbivores
I. A building with glass walls and roof
10. carnivores
J. The metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules
11. omnivores
K. A compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated
12. food web
L. Someone who manufactures something (plural)
13. food chain
M. Noticeable heterogeneity
14. photosynthesis
N. A person who uses goods or services (plural)
15. respiration
O. An animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances (plural)
16. runoff
P. A terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal (plural)
17. evaporation
Q. A group of people having a religion, ethnic, profession
18. precipitation
R. A system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment
19. greenhouse
S. The quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time