Students MUST complete 2-column notes or flash cards  to get the opportunity to correct this test.  (These notes or cards must be brought to class on Monday to get credit.)

 

 

Chapter 1 Vocab

Use your books and/or notes to find the definitions to these words.  Create flash cards or two-column notes as study guides for these vocabulary words.

 

Ecosystem

Habitat

Biotic factor

Abiotic factor

Population

Community

Ecology

Limiting factor

Carrying capacity

Adaptation

Niche

Competition

Predation

Predator

Prey

 

 

Chapter 1 study questions;

 

What are the 6 traits of all living things?

 

What four major things does the habitat provide for the organism that depends on it?

 

What is the most important abiotic factor?

 

Label the level of organization: (organism, population, community, ecosystem)

1.  Prairie dog

2.  5 prairie dogs

3.  prairie dogs, badger, grass

4.  prairie dogs, badger, grass, oxygen, dirt