Ecosystems

A single organism in an environment is called an ______________.

• Population
• Group
• Individual
• Community

Organisms of the same kind living in the same environment make up a ___________.

• Niche
• Population
• Habitat
• Ecosystem

All the populations of organisms living together in an environment make up a ____________.

• Niche
• Colony
• Community
• Producer

The _________ provides the energy for almost every ecosystem on Earth.

• Sun
• Easter Bunny
• Consumers
• Water

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Within the ecosystem, each population has a certain role, or __________.

• Party
• Niche
• Competition
• bedtime

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Because most ecosystems don't have unlimited resources, there may be ________ for these resources among organisms.

• Hugging wars
• Competition
• Play dates

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In some cases, different organisms live together for most or all of their lives. A long relationship between different kinds of organisms is called _____________.

• Extinct
• Dating
• Symbiosis
• Marriage

An inherited behavior is called an _________.

• Extinct
• Instinct
• Learned Behavior
• Symbiosis

A behavior that is developed over time is called _______ _________.

• Learned behavior
• Exotic behavior
• Instinct

A population that is beginning to decline is listed as ____________.

• Cool
• Threatened
• Endangered
• Exotic

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