Ecology

Part of the earth that living organisms inhabit...

• biosphere
• biome
• niche
• ecosystem

Two organisms that are so similar they can interbreed in nature and produce fertile offspring

• biotic factor
• herbivore
• ecosystem
• species

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

• Population
• Community
• Habitat
• Ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-3

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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

An ecosystem contains living and nonliving things.

• True
• False

Which of the following is a population?

• hawks, barred owls, and eagles on NC coast
• mountain stream
• all the frogs in a pond
• blue-tailed skinks (lizards) around a barn

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which of the following best describes a community?

• sharks, groupers, anemones and shrimp on a coral reef
• decorator crabs on the seafloor
• loggerhead sea turtles in Atlantic
• prairie grassland in Wyoming

A large area that has a specific type of climate and certain types of plant and animal communities 

• ecosystem
• habitat
• niche
• biome

Study of interactions between organisms and their environment 

• niche
• community 
• ecology
• ecosystem

Organisms include________,___________ and____________. 

• soda, candy, popcorn
• plants, animals, bacteria
• baseball, football, soccer