Levels of the Environment

Multiple Choice

Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all  _____  parts of the environment

• alive

• biotic 

• abiotic

• living

Multiple Choice

What is an example of a biotic factor?

• skunk

• rocks

• soil

• water

Multiple Choice

Which is the simplest level of organization within the environment?

• cell

• organism

• population

• community

Multiple Choice

All the alligators in a swamp are an example of a(n) _______________.

• organism

• community

• population

• group

Multiple Choice

The people in this picture represent which level of environmental organization?

• Organisms 

• Community

• Biosphere

• Population 

Multiple Choice

When all the ecosystems on Earth are combined it is called...

• a community.

• a biome.

• a biosphere.

• an Earthsphere.

Multiple Choice

A collection of organisms that belong to different populations but all live in the same area and interact with one another.

• Population

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Ecosphere

Multiple Choice

The ___________ is all the area on and around earth where living things exist.

• Biome

• Biosphere

• Ecosystem

• Ecosphere

Multiple Choice

A collection of organisms that make up a community as well as all of the nonliving components of the environment.

• Population

• Community

• Habitat

• Ecosystem

Multiple Choice

What is it called when a group of the same organisms living together in the same place at the same time?

• An organism

• A population

• A community

• A biome

Multiple Choice

What are groups of different populations living togther in the same place at the same time called?

• An organism

• A population

• A community

• A biosphere

Multiple Choice

What is it called when you have groups of different populations along with their abiotic factors?

• An organism

• A population

• A community

• An ecosystem

Multiple Choice

An ecosystem contains living and nonliving things.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Is a deer an abiotic or biotic factor? 

• abiotic

• biotic

Multiple Choice

The correct order of ecological organization from the smallest to the largest is _______________.

• organism, community, population, ecosystem, biosphere

• biosphere, ecosystem, community, population, organism

• organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere

• population, organism, biosphere, community, ecosystem

Multiple Choice

What are the abiotic factors in this image? 

• water, sunlight, dirt, air

• birds and plants

• water, plants, and birds 

Multiple Choice

A (or more than one) biotic community plus the abiotic features.

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Biome

Multiple Choice

Any of the non-living factors that make up the environment in which living organisms occur.

• abiotic

• biotic

• abiology

• antibiotic

Multiple Choice

What term best describes this group of bison?

• Species

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Population