Ecosystems and Biomes

"Biotic" means ______________, while "abiotic" means __________.

Fill in the blanks.

• alive; dead

• Earth; alien

• living; nonliving

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

"Competition" is where one species tries to get the same ____________ as another species."

• prey

• predator

• producer

• consumer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

________________ is a symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits, while the other is harmed.

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

________________ is a symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit.

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

________________ is a symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits, while the other organism is neither helped nor harmed.

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

A biome is the same as an ecosystem.

True or false?

• True

• False

A biome is defined by its:

(Check all that apply.)

• temperature

• precipitation/moisture

• plants

• animals

A biome can only contain one ecosystem.

True or False?

• True

• False

The two big categories of biomes that exist are:

• Earth and Martian

• terrestrial and aquatic

• sky and aquatic

• terrestrial and sky

Now, pick out a biome. Using complete sentences, describe these things about it:

where in the world it exists (generally) its temperature its moisture plants that grow in it animals that live in it

(Quizizz will automatically mark your response as correct, but I will review it and decide whether to give you credit.)