Stability and Change in Ecosystems

What is ecology?

• the study of animals

• astronaut school

• a deadly bacteria

• the study of ecosystems

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What is an ecosystem?

• all the living and nonliving factors in an area

• a system of pipes and drains in a field

• all the living organisms in an environment

• an organization system used by scientists

Define biotic factor

• parts of a robot

• living factors in an ecosystem

• a number multiplied by another number

• a nonliving organism in a swamp

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Define abiotic factor?

• a type of antibiotic

• a kind of storm in an ecosystem

• non living things in an ecosystem

• living things found in a desert

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What are some examples of biotic factors?

• animals, plants, fungus, bacteria

• mushroom, sand, wolf, paleontologist

• temperature, water, pollution, rocks

• horse, sheep, sticks, people

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What are some examples of abiotic factors?

• rocks, wind, fish, sunshine

• candy, students, parents, land

• plants, fungus, animals

• rocks, air, water, soil, temperature

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What is a habitat?

• a special outfit worn by a nun

• the conditions in which an animal is adapted to live

• the bad habits of animals in an ecosystem

• a tool used by ecologists

What is a niche?

• a stinging insect found in Utah's deserts

• a strange smelling marsh

• the only mysterious fish that lives in the Great Salt Lake

• an organisms specific role in its environment

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What is competition?

• an interaction between two species where both benefit

• an interaction that occurs when two species compete for the same resource

• when one animal eats another

• a soccer game

What is mutualism?

• an interaction between two species where both benefit

• when fish lay their eggs at the bottom of a pond

• the study of ecosystems

• when an animal becomes extinct

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