Ecology review 5/15

Abiotic means

• living

• nonliving

What is the difference between the biotic and abiotic factors?

• Biotic factors are living things and abiotic factors are nonliving things.

• Biotic factors are nonliving things and abiotic factors are living things.

What are the biotic factors in this image?

• sunlight, elephants, and grasses

• sunlight, water,  and air

• elephants, plants, trees 

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Put the levels of organization in an ecosystem in order from the largest to the smallest. 

• population, organism, community

• organism, community, population

• community, population, organism

• community, organism, population

An ecosystem is made up of all the ___________ and _____________ factors in an area. 

• not/without

• Limiting Factor/ Carrying Capacity

• Living/ Nonliving

• life/ biotic factor

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Which of the following is the process of pulling CO2 form the atmosphere to make food?

• Photosynthesis

• Cellular Respiration

• Decomposition

• Nitrification

Which of the following is NOT a form of precipitation?

• Rain 

• Snow

• Clouds

• Sleet

How is nirtrogen then passed on to the other kingdoms such as animals?

• Plants decompose

• Animals eat the plants

• Transpiration

• Photosynthesis

A tick and a dog have this type of relationship.

• mutualism

• commensalism

• neutralism

• parasitism

Cattle egrets are birds that forage in fields among cattle. The egrets get easy access to food and the cattle don't care if they are there or not.

• mutualism

• commensalism

• competition

• parasitism

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