Ecology: Concept 1

A group of eagles living around Lake Tahoe would be considered a(n):

• Population

• Ecosystem

• Abiotic factor

• Community

Fish, their predators and the water, sunlight, and plants that they rely on would be considered a(n):

• Abiotic factor

• Population

• Ecosystem

• Community

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of living things?

• Moves around

• Uses energy for metabolism

• Reproduces

• Contains cells

A field of sunflowers facing towards the sun is an example of....

• Metabolism

• Growth

• Response to stimuli

• Asexual reproduction

If an organism divides and produces an exact copy of itself, the organism

• Must have a virus and be infecting its own cells

• Has reproduced asexually

• Must be a combination of two parents

• None of the above

An individual belonging to a specific species

• Biotic
• Community
• Organism
• Reptile

All of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other are called a/an ______.

• community
• habitat
• population
• ecosystem

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The living part of an ecosystem

• Biotic
• Abiotic
• Mother Earth
• Flowers

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The non-living part of an ecosystem

• Ocean
• Lava Flow
• Birds
• Abiotic

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The study of how living things interact with one another and with their environment.

• Biology
• Lithology
• Ecology
• Farmacology

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