What are Ecosystems?

An ecosystem is made up of _______ and ________ things.

• Living and nonliving

• Land and water only

Communities are made up of living things only. Which one of these is a community?

• Trees, birds, dirt, sunshine

• Deer, grass, leaves, bunnies

Populations contain more than one member of the species. Which one of these is a population?

• Deer and mice

• 4 Fox

What does the word organism mean?

• Living thing

• Nonliving thing

What is another word for an animal's home?

• Habitat

• Niche

What 4 things does an organism need to survive?

• Food, water, shelter, space

• Food, friends, shelter, rocks

Which is a biotic factor?

• Fox

• Mountain

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

• biotic

• abiotic

What is the name for all the living things in an ecosystem?

• Population
• Community

Organisms that make up the living part of an ecosystem.

• abiotic

• biotic factors