Ecology

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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An area where an organism finds food, shelter and water in a specific arrangement

• niche
• biosphere
• biome
• habitat

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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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Organisms that look similar and can produce fertile offspring

• Species
• Fish
• Community
• Trees

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Two or more members of a particular species living and interacting in the same area

• Community
• Population
• Organisms
• Biosphere

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Different populations living and interacting with each other in the same area

• Biome
• Ecosystem
• Community
• Niche

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The area between the highest mountain and the deepest ocean where life can be found

• Biosphere
• Biome
• Farm
• Ecosystem

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The diagram below shows the cycling of nutrients in an ecosystem.
The removal of which of the following groups would cause an immediate decrease in the amount of energy flowing through the system?

• Producers
• Consumers
• Decomposers
• Inorganic nutrients

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