Unit 4: Bioenergetics

A single living thing that has all the properties of life; simplest level of organization

Example Question: What ecological level would you place a single zebra grazing?

• Organism

• Population

• Community

A group of organisms that are the same species living in the same area

Example Question: What ecological level would you place a herd of zebra grazing?

• Organism

• Population

• Community

An interacting group of many living species in the same area.

Example Question: How would you describe a group of zebra being hunted by lion while elephants roam?

• Organism

• Population

• Community

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A biotic community of interacting organisms and their abiotic environment.

Example Questions: What ecological level includes the interactions of the living organisms with the non-living (abiotic) factors like water, temperature, and soil type?

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A large naturally occurring community of producers and consumers occupying a large ecosystem; Ex. Grassland, Desert, Rainforest, Frozen Tundra

• Biome

• Community

• Ecosystem

What is an abiotic factor in an ecosystem?

• Any non-living factor of that ecosystem

• Any living factor of that ecosystem

• Both the living and non-living factors in an ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What are the biotic factors in an ecosystem?

• Any non-living thing in an ecosystem

• Any living factor in an ecosystem

• Both the living and non living factors in an ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

All of the following are examples of biotic factors in a pond ecosystem EXCEPT:

• algea

• duck

• water

• turtle

All of the following are examples of the abiotic factors in a pond ecosystem EXCEPT:

• temperature

• sandy bottom

• water

• algae

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

These organisms can make their own food energy.

• consumers/heterotrophs

• producers/autotrophs

• carnivores/herbivores

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6