Test of Lesson 1 to Lesson 3 Ecosystems

An ecosystem is made up of all the ___________ and _____________ factors in an area. 

• not/without
• Limiting Factor/ Carrying Capacity
• Living/ Nonliving
• life/ biotic factor

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Living or once-living organisms in an ecosystem are called ___________.

• abiotic factor
• biotic factor
• non-living
• life

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Nonliving elements in an ecosystem are called _______________. 

• biotic factor
• abiotic factor
• limiting factor
• carrying capacity 

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Put the levels of organization in an ecosystem in order from the largest to the smallest. 

• population, organism, community
• organism, community, population
• community, population, organism
• community, organism, population

A place where an organism lives.

• Terrain
• Habitat
• Community
• Population

A collection of organisms that belong to different populations but all live in the same area and interact with one another.

• Population
• Ecosystem
• Community
• Ecosphere

Which of the following best describes a community?

• sharks, groupers, anemones and shrimp on a coral reef
• decorator crabs on the seafloor
• loggerhead sea turtles in Atlantic
• prairie grassland in Wyoming

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

what needs of an organism are provided by its habitat

• organism
• population
• food, shelter, water
• species

An organism's particular role in its habitat, or how it makes its living, is called its

• carrying capacity.
• ecosystem.
• competition.
• niche.

The behaviors and physical characteristics of species that allow them to live successfully in their environment are called

• habitats.
• limiting factors.
• biotic factors.
• adaptations.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4