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Which soil type is the most permeable?
a) silt
b) sand
c) clay
d) gravel

A layer of soil is called a _________.
a) horizon
b) layer
c) row
d) vista

The layer of soil that contains the most nutrients.
a) subsoil
b) topsoil
c) bedrock
d) parent material

The nutrient rich material in soil is known as _____.
a) humus
b) subsoil
c) permeability
d) horizon

Permeability is ______.
a) how much water soil can absorb
b) a way for plants to spread seeds
c) changing the acidity of the soil
d) the rate at which water flows through soil

Plants grow best in soil with a ph between _____-_____.
a) 1-14
b) 3-9
c) 5-7
d) 7 only

True or False? The texture of soil can affect the types of plants and animals that live in an ecosystem.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE
c) not the answer
d) not the answer

Particle size and permeability are properties of soil that can be _____.
a) measured
b) observed
c) measured and observed
d) neither measured nor observed

Most animals live in the _______ horizon.
a) subsoil
b) bedrock
c) topsoil
d) anywhere in soil

True or False? Clay is less permeable than gravel.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE
c) don't pick this one
d) not the answer

1 single plant or animal
a) population
b) organism
c) community
d) animal

ALL of the LIVING organisms in an ecosystem.
a) population
b) abiotic
c) community
d) biome

Abiotic
a) grass
b) hawk
c) rocks
d) predator and prey

All of the living and non living factors in a pond
a) community
b) population
c) ecosystem
d) biotic

All of the chimpanzees in an ecosystem
a) biome
b) ecosystem
c) community
d) organism

sunlight
a) biotic
b) abiotic
c) not the answer
d) not the answer

temperature
a) biotic
b) abiotic
c) not the answer
d) not the answer

Jane Goodall (the chimpanzee lady)
a) biotic
b) abiotic
c) not the answer
d) not the answer

Any factor within an ecosystem that does not allow an organism to live/grow to its potential.
a) abiotic
b) limiting factor
c) symbiosis
d) energy pyramid

Carrying capacity
a) The number of organisms an ecosystem can support
b) The number of organisms that die within an ecosystem.
c) The number of organisms in symbiotic relationships.
d) The number of organisms living in a different ecosystem.

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