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The envelope of gases surrounding the earth
a) ATMOSPHERE
b) BIOSPHERE
c) HYDROSPHERE
d) LITHOSPHERE
The regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth occupied by living organisms.
a) Biosphere
b) Hydrosphere
c) Atmosphere
d) Lithosphere
All the waters on the earth's surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earth's surface, such as clouds.
a) HYDROSPHERE
b) LITHOSPHERE
c) BIOSPHERE
d) ATMOSPHERE
The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
a) Lithosphere
b) ATMOSPHERE
c) BIOSPHERE
d) HYDROSPHERE
A nonliving condition or thing, as climate or habitat, that influences or affects an ecosystem and the organisms in it: it can determine which species of organisms will survive in a given environment.
a) Abiotic Factors
b) BIOTIC FACTORS
c) BIOMASS
d) CONSUMER
Any living component that affects the population of another organism, or the environmen
a) BIOTIC FACTORS
b) ABIOTIC FACTORS
c) PHOTOSYNTHESIS
d) BIODIVERSITY
The ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level.
a) SUSTAINABILITY
b) BIODIVERSITY
c) HOST
d) PHOTOSYNTHESIS
The variety of plant and animal species in an environment.
a) BIODIVERSITY
b) SUSTAINABILITY
c) CONSUMER
d) DECOMPOSER
An organism that gets its energy by eating an other organism.
a) CONSUMER
b) PRODUCER
c) AUTOTROPH
d) DECOMPOSER
An organism that breaks down dead organisms and waste, returning important nutrients to the soil
a) DECOMPOSER
b) PRODUCER
c) AUTOTROPH
d) HERBIVORE
An organism that makes its own food, such as plants and algae
a) PRODUCER
b) CONSUMER
c) DEOMPOSER
d) HETEROTROPH
An animal or plant on or in which a parasite or commensal organism lives.
a) HOST
b) PARASITE
c) PRODUCER
d) CONSUMER
an organism that lives in or on another organism (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the host's expense.
a) PARASITE
b) HOST
c) DECOMPOSER
d) PRODUCER
The path of food energy from the sun to the producers to a series of consumers, in an ecosystem
a) FOOD CHAIN
b) FOOD WEB
c) ENERGY PYRAMID
d) PHOTOSYNTHESIS
a chemical process by which plants use light energy (radiant energy) to make sugar (chemical energy) from water and carbon dioxide
a) PHOTOSYNTHESIS
b) PRIMARY
c) PRODUCER
d) COMPOSITION
1. first or highest rank or importance; chief; principal 2. first in order in any series, sequence, etc
a) PRIMARY
b) SECONDARY
c) PRODUCER
d) BIODIVERSITY
The total mass of organisms in a given area
a) BIOMASS
b) COMPOSITION
c) LINEAR
d) INTERACT
What something is made of
a) COMPOSITION
b) BIOMASS
c) LINEAR
d) INTERACT
something that follows an expected order or sequence, like a line.
a) LINEAR
b) COMPOSITION
c) INTERACT
d) PRIMARY
To act on or in close relation with each other
a) INTERACT
b) LINEAR
c) COMPOSITION
d) BIOMASS
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