Ecosystems Introduction

A community of living things interacting with the nonliving parts of their environment

• ecosystem

• food web

• habitat

• niche

TRUE or FALSE: To be called an ecosystem, an area must be at least as large as a baseball field.

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• FALSE

All of the nonliving parts of an ecosystem

• biotic factors

• abiotic factors

• niche

• habitat

All of the living or once living things in an ecosystem, or anything that originates from a living thing.

• biotic factors

• abiotic factors

• niche

• habitat

Which of the following are BIOTIC factors? (choose ALL that apply)

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Which of the following are ABIOTIC factors? (choose ALL that apply)

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An organisms special role or position, such as where it lives, how it eats or behaves, and how it interacts with other organisms and the environment.

• ecosystem

• food web

• habitat

• niche

The place where an organism lives.

• ecosystem

• food web

• habitat

• niche

A diagram that shows how energy moves through an ecosystem.

• ecosystem

• food web

• habitat

• niche

"These African elephants live in the savannas surrounding Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania."

This image and narrative describe a(n)

• ecosystem

• food web

• habitat

• niche