Ecosystem & Interactions

What is an Ecosystem?

• All the living things in the Environment.

• All the nonliving things in the Environment.

• All the living and nonliving things that interact in an area.

• The layers of the rainforest.

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Lizards move over the dry soil. The air is hot and dry. What ecosystem is this?

• Temperate Forest Ecosystem

• Desert Ecosystem

• Rainforest Ecosystem

• Tundra

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What is an organism?

• any nonliving thing

• any living thing

• both living and nonliving

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An organism must meet their needs to...

• survive in the ecosystem

• move to a new spot

• live in Ms. Ernst's classroom

• die

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Water, Shelter, an Food are the needs of organisms in an environment.

• True

• False

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What do plants require in an ecosystem?

• Animals eating them

• Sunlight to grow

• Humans chopping them down

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What are abiotic materials in an environment?

• eagle, rock, water

• fox, flower, rain

• air, water, sunlight

• sunlight, sand, poeple

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What are some biotic factors?

• tree, deer, rabbit

• rock, mouse, hawk

• river, tree, sunlight

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How would a snake use a rock?

• For food

• For shelter

• For water

How would a woodpecker interact with a tree?

• It might build a nest for its young in the tree

• it might eat the leaves of the tree

• it might eat the insects living in the bark

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