Resources in Living Systems

An organism is a(n) ___.

• group of living things

• individual living thing

• group of the same species

• individual non-living thing

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

TRUE or FALSE: A species is a group of closely related living things.

• true

• false

TRUE or FALSE: A species relies only on other living things to survive.

• true

• false

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

TRUE or FALSE: A species relies only on other non-living things to survive.

• true

• false

Is this an example of competition for resources?

A horse gives birth to a foal.

• example

• not an example

Is this an example of competition for resources?

A cow grazes by itself in a field.

• example

• not an example

Is this an example of competition for resources?

A flock of birds fly in formation in the sky.

• example

• not an example

Is this an example of competition for resources?

A herd of elephants drink water at a small watering hole.

• example

• not an example

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A population is a group of ___.

• of living things that use the same resources

• living and nonliving things that are exist in the same environment

• living things of the same species that live and reproduce in the same area

• nonliving things that are located in the same area and provide resource for living things

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

TRUE or FALSE: Scarcity of resources can cause a decrease in population size of a species that relies on that resource.

• true

• false

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4