Ecology: Organization of LIFE

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

• alive
• biotic 
• abiotic
• living

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What is an example of a biotic factor?

• skunk
• rocks
• soil
• water

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An organism's ______ is defined as the environment in which it lives.

• Habitat

• Niche

• Social Structure

• Ecology

Examples of how humans negatively affect local ecosystems are

• Building dams, deforestation (cutting down trees), adding point sources to nearby streams to allow for run-off, building roads and structures, and salting roads.
• Creating laws to prohibit fishing from local streams.
• Planting trees and other plants to attract native species.
• Removing non-native species from the environment.

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How does energy enter an ecosystem? 

• sunlight
• soil 
• animals 
• invasive species 

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Which is classified as an ecosystem?

• a bumble bee
• a bee hive
• bees, grass, trees, birds, frogs
• bees, grass, frogs, water, sunlight

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Living things require energy to survive.

• True
• False

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Biotic factors of an ecosystem are:

• non-living

• dead things

• living things

• soil

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Carbon dioxide is an example of what kind of factor?

• biotic 
• living
• dead
• abiotic

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The fish and algae in an aquarium are examples of what type of factor?

• Biotic factors

• Abiotic factors

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