Flow of Energy in Ecosystems

Put the levels of organization in an ecosystem in order from the largest to the smallest. 

• population, organism, community
• organism, community, population
• community, population, organism
• community, organism, population

Living or once-living organisms in an ecosystem are called ___________.

• abiotic factor
• biotic factor
• non-living
• life

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A is the prefix that means ____________.

• life
• living
• not/ without
• biotic factor

Bio means _________.

• non-living
• not/without
• life
• living

Is a volcano an abiotic or biotic factor? 

• abiotic
• biotic

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Is a weather an abiotic or biotic factor? 

• abiotic
• biotic

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Which is correct?

• Abiotic factors are alive
• Biotic factors are alive
• Biotic factors are dead
• Abiotic factors can get killed by biotic factors

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Temperature is an example of what kind of factor?

• Biotic 
• abiotic
• dead
• living

Which of the following has only abiotic factors?

• Sunlight, algae, and temperature
• Guppy, crab, oxygen
• Sunlight, soil, and weather
• Algae, temperature, and dog

In the food web shown, the snail would be considered...

• primary consumer
• secondary consumer
• tertiary consumer
• producer

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