Chapter 5: Interactions: Environments and Organisms

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Which is an abiotic factor? Options: competition, predators, water, food

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water

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What is the best description of an ecosystem?

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all of the living and nonliving things in an environment

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Which of the following is an organism?

• a herd of sheep
• a wolf
• a drop of water
• a heart

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a wolf

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What are the ecological levels of organization from smallest to the largest?

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organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere

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The study of organisms and how they interact with one another and their environment is best described as

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Ecology

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Term for all members of every species in an area and the abiotic factors they interact with.

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ecosystem

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What might happen if an organism can't adapt fast enough?

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become extinct

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Natural Selection is...

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the process where individuals with traits that make them better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce

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Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed on to the offspring?

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Because parents with those traits can survive and reproduce better

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What is a food chain?

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A food chain is a linear sequence of organisms where each organism is the food source for the next organism in the chain.