Ecology:

Multiple Choice

What are the living and nonliving things in an environment or area?

• predator

• producer

• ecosystem

• abiotic factor

Multiple Choice

Abiotic means

• living

• nonliving

Multiple Choice

Biotic means

• living
• nonliving

Multiple Choice

What is a example of a abiotic factor?

• Panda

• Bacteria

• Butterfly

• Weather

Multiple Choice

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

• alive
• biotic 
• abiotic
• living

Multiple Choice

The zebra is an example of...

• organism

• population

• community

• ecosystem

Multiple Choice

Which definition best fits the term habitat?

• The study of the interactions between animals and their environment

• Factors in the environment that are considered not alive

• the environment in which an organism lives.

• Factors in the environment that are considered living or the remains of living things

• The role a species plays in the ecosystem.

Multiple Choice

contains all an animal needs to survive such as food and shelter.

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

• Tundra

• Rainforest

Multiple Choice

What term best describes this group of bison?

• Species
• Community
• Ecosystem
• Population

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

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Jacob is going out to his grandparents fram.  On the farm is a stream that he likes to fish at. When he is fishing he sees many differernt speacies of fish as well as maple and oak trees and dragonflies.  What Jacob is seeing is an example of what level of organization?

• organism
• population
• community
• ecosystem

Multiple Choice

Which definition best fits the term biotic?

• The study of the interactions between animals and their environment

• Factors in the environment that are considered not alive

• the environment in which an organism lives.

• Factors in the environment that are considered living or the remains of living things

• The role a species plays in the ecosystem.

Multiple Choice

Which levels should the student add to the model to show the correct hierarchy?

• Biome, Population, Ecosystem

• Biome, Ecosystem, Population

• Ecosystem, Biome, Population

• Population, Biome, Ecosystem

Match

Match the following terms and definitions

• Organism

• Population

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

• Biotic

a single living thing

All the individuals of one kind (one species) in a specified area at one time

A system of interacting organisms and nonliving factors in a specified area

A place where an organism lives that supports its requirements for life

Consisting of living organisms and products of organisms

• a single living thing

• All the individuals of one kind (one species) in a specified area at one time

• A system of interacting organisms and nonliving factors in a specified area

• A place where an organism lives that supports its requirements for life

• Consisting of living organisms and products of organisms

Multiple Choice

A group of individuals of one species that occupies a particular geographic area

• community

• population

• organism

• biodiversity

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Which definition best fits the term community?

• A group or organisms of the same species that live in the same area and interact with one another.

• A group of many populations (of different species) that live and interact with one another

• A group of populations of many different species that live and interact with both one another and all of the abiotic factors in their environment.

• A set of different ecosystems that acer connected by similar geographic features and share the same or similar climate.

• Anywhere on earth that life exists.

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Which definition best fits the term Population?

• A group or organisms of the same species that live in the same area and interact with one another.

• A group of many populations (of different species) that live and interact with one another

• A group of populations of many different species that live and interact with both one another and all of the abiotic factors in their environment.

• A set of different ecosystems that acer connected by similar geographic features and share the same or similar climate.

• Anywhere on earth that life exists.

Multiple Choice

Which definition best fits the term ecosystem?

• A group or organisms of the same species that live in the same area and interact with one another.

• A group of many populations (of different species) that live and interact with one another

• A group of populations of many different species that live and interact with both one another and all of the abiotic factors in their environment.

• A set of different ecosystems that acer connected by similar geographic features and share the same or similar climate.

• Anywhere on earth that life exists.