Ecology

What happens if a population grows past its carrying capacity?

• The population keeps growing

• The population starts to die off

• The entire species will go extinct

• The carrying capacity just increases

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Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all _____ parts of the environment

• alive

• biotic

• abiotic

• living

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What is an example of a biotic factor?

• skunk

• rocks

• soil

• water

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What does biodiversity mean?

• Only one species in an area.

• The different amount of species in an area

• All abiotic life

• Nitrogen fixation

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A population is...

• A group of one species in one area

• Multiple species that live in one area

• All of the living and nonliving things in an area

• None of these

The job or role of a plant or an animal in the ecosystem.

• carnivore

• niche

• consumer

• habitat

An animal that eats only plants.

• scavenger

• omnivore

• herbivore

• carnivore

An animal that eats both plants and animals.

• carnivore

• omnivore

• herbivore

• scavenger

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An animal that eats only meat.

• herbivore

• omnivore

• carnivore

• scavenger

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All the green plants that provide the energy for consumers.

• consumers

• producers

• decomposers

• herbivores

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