Unit 2 Environmental Science Ecosystems PART 1 Question Preview (ID: 47622)


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Ecosystem
a) A community of organisms and their abiotic environment (Ex. Oak Forest, Coral Reef). *Living AND non-living together! Example
b) An environmental factor that is associated with or results from the activities of living organisms. *Examples: Oak tree, dead
c) Describes the non-living part of the environment, including water, rocks, light, and temperature.
d) A place an organism lives. Provides food, water, shelter, and mates.

Biotic Factor
a) An environmental factor that is associated with or results from the activities of living organisms. *Examples: Oak tree, dead
b) Describes the non-living part of the environment, including water, rocks, light, and temperature.
c) A place an organism lives. Provides food, water, shelter, and mates.
d) The process of becoming adapted to an environment; an anatomical, physiological, or behavioral change that improves a populat

Abiotic Factor
a) Describes the non-living part of the environment, including water, rocks, light, and temperature.
b) A place an organism lives. Provides food, water, shelter, and mates.
c) The process of becoming adapted to an environment; an anatomical, physiological, or behavioral change that improves a populat
d) The process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to produce carbohydrates and ox

5 components needed for an ecosystem
a) energy, mineral nutrients, water, oxygen and living organisms
b) energy, dry mix, water, methane, and living organisms
c) energy, dry mix, methane, Six Flags, and non-living organisms
d) dry mix, methane, Six Flags, non-living organisms and mineral nutrients

Organisms
a) are living things that can carry out life processes independently
b) are non- living things that cannot carry out life processes independently
c) are living things that carry out life processed dependently
d) are non- living things do not carry out life processes independently or dependently

species
a) A group of organisms that are closely related and can mate to produce fertile offspring
b) A living thing
c) Feeds on dead or decaying organic matter
d) A group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area and interbreed. *Same species in the same

Population
a) A group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area and interbreed. *Same species in the same
b) Feeds on dead or decaying organic matter
c) A group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area and interbreed. *Same species in the same
d) A group of various species that live in the same habitat and interact with each other. *Example: A herd of zebra, a flock of

Community
a) A group of various species that live in the same habitat and interact with each other. *Example: A herd of zebra, a flock of
b) Recycle nutrients
c) A group of organisms that are closely related and can mate to produce fertile offspring
d) Eats both plants and animals

Habitat
a) A place an organism lives. Provides food, water, shelter, and mates.
b) The process of becoming adapted to an environment; an anatomical, physiological, or behavioral change that improves a populat
c) The process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to produce carbohydrates and ox
d) An environmental factor that is associated with or results from the activities of living organisms. *Examples: Oak tree, dead

The following are examples of ABIOTIC Factors:
a) air, water, rock, and temperature
b) air, water, rock, and plants
c) Mrs. Rutledge, water, rock, and temperature
d) air, water, cats and dogs, and temperature

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