Ecosystems

What is an ecosystem?

• all the organisms that live in an area together with nonliving factors

• some random place

• a groups of populations

• a community

What is a population?

• the same species that live in the same place at the same time

• a community

• a place where all organisms live together

What is a species?

• all of the same species that live together

• a certain kind of organism

• all of the populations that live in a place

• collection of all organisms that live in the same area

What is a community?

• organisms that live in the same area

• certain kind of organisms

• populations that live together

True or False: living factors cannot reproduce

• True

• False

What are living factors?

• they limit how many organisms can live in an ecosystem

• a place where something makes its home

• a population

What is a habitat?

• where all organism

• a special place in a habitat

• competition

• a place where an organism makes its home

A _____ is a special role an organism plays in their habitat.

Which of these describes competition?

• when more than one individual or population try to go for the same resource

• one animal that captures another and eats it

• close relationship between two organisms

What is a producer? Select all that apply.

• the first step in every food chain

• plants, bacteria, algae

• plant products

• herbivores