WAEC (WASSCE) Biology · Basic ecological concepts

Ecosystem: WAEC Biology Past Questions and Answers

What the WAEC syllabus covers in Ecosystem

Our summary: The main ecological terms and the living and non-living parts of an ecosystem.

  • Components of the ecosystem and sizes
  • Ecological components: environment, biosphere, habitat, population, biotic community and ecosystem (Examples and explanation are required.)
  • Components of the ecosystem: biotic and abiotic (Importance of ecological factors common to all habitat should be mentioned. The importance of ecological factors to population of animals and plants should be stressed.)

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WAEC (WASSCE) Biology questions on Ecosystem

  1. WAEC 2023A group of organisms belonging to different species that coexist in the same habitat and interact is referred to as
  2. WAEC 2022A group of organisms of the same species living in a particular place is known as
  3. WAEC 2021When a large number of organisms share limited resources, the result is?
  4. WAEC 2021Plants and animals of an ecosystem make up a?
  5. WAEC 2019Tall trees with unbranched trunks which grow above the upper storey of the forest are commonly referred to as …
  6. WAEC 2019The complex relationship between the members of a community and their physical environment is known as …
  7. WAEC 2017The natural dwelling place of an organism is called its
  8. WAEC 2016In ecology, a community refers to
  9. WAEC 2015Which of the following components make up an ecosystem?
  10. WAEC 2013Ecology simply means the study of
  11. WAEC 2012The following are abiotic components of the ecosystem except
  12. WAEC 2012The area around the earth where life activities go on is referred to as
  13. WAEC 2011The following are abiotic components of an ecosystem except
  14. WAEC 2011The rate of decomposition of organisms is faster in the tropical rain forest than in other biomes because
  15. WAEC 2010Which of the following is a biotic component of an ecosystem?

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