Ecosystems

Organisms that make up the living part of an ecosystem.

• abiotic
• biotic factors
• ecology
• ecosystems

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A group of the same type of organisms living in the same place at the same time.

• threatened species
• populations
• community
• limiting factor

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Which statement is correct?

• A population is the same as a community
• A community is a group of populations
• A community is a part of a population
• A population is a group of communities

Choose the complete and logical food chain.

• sun-plant-rabbit- eagle
• deer - squirrel- plant-sun
• sun -deer-plant- eagle
• eagle- squirrel-rabbit- plant- eagle

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Cutting down trees will ...

• have very little effect on the living things in the ecosytem
• affect most of the plants and animals in the ecosystem
• only affect animals that live in the trees of the ecosystem
• only affect animals that live in ecosystem

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

• alive
• biotic 
• abiotic
• living

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Which answer best describes a consumer in an ecosystem?

• A living organism that eats other living organisms
• Someone that buys something
• A living organism that produces food for other living organisms
• An abiotic factor

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Which answer best describes a decomposer?

• an organism that produces oxygen

• an organism that is dead and decomposing

• an organism that is not natures recycler

• an organism that gets energy by breaking down dead organisms

An animal that eats both plants and animals.

• carnivore

• omnivore

• herbivore

• scavenger

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