Ecology Review

What type of factors represent the living organisms in an environment?

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Viruses

• Natural Disasters

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What type of factors represent the nonliving aspects of an environment?

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Bacteria

• Protists

Which of the following determines the carrying capacity of an ecosystem?

• the most limited resources required for survival

• the amount of disease affecting organisms in the ecosystem

• the amount of rainfall the habitat receives

• the number of predators in the area

When an environment has reached its carrying capacity for a certain population, which of the following is true?

• The population will continue to grow steadily

• The population will decrease

• The population will have reached logistic growth

• The population will have reached exponential growth

How many levels of organization are ecologists concerned with?

• 9
• 7
• 6
• 5

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The smallest unit of ecological organization is called...

• an individual organism.

• the biosphere.

• a population.

• a community.

What is it called when a group of the same organisms living together in the same place at the same time?

• An individual organism

• A population

• A community

• A biome

What are groups of different populations living togther in the same place at the same time called?

• An organism
• A population
• A community
• A biosphere

What is it called when you have groups of different populations along with their abiotic factors?

• An individual organism

• A population

• A community

• An ecosystem

When all the ecosystems on Earth are combined it is called...

• a community.
• a biome.
• a biosphere.
• an Earthsphere.