Benchmark 2 Practice

The study of biotic factors and their abiotic environment

• Ecology

• Chemistry

• Biology

• Physics

Snails, frogs, turtles are all ____________ because they are all _____________.

• abiotic; non-living

• biotic; living

• abiotic; living

• biotic; non-living

What do you call something that is NON-LIVING?

• biotic

• abiotic

• dead

One living thing is known as a(n)...

• ecosystem

• community

• population

• organism

What is an organism called that makes its own food by converting sunlight into chemical energy?

• consumer

• decomposer

• producer

Which type of consumer eats only plants?

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

• scavenger

Which type of consumer finds and eats the leftovers of other organisms? (They don't generally kill their food.)

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

• scavenger

the role a species plays in its community

• niche

• competition

• carrying capacity

• prey

Competition is when 2 or more organisms compete for a limited resource.

• True

• False

Which of these show the transfer of energy in an ecosystem?

• competition

• food chain

• eating bar graph

• ecograph