Ecosystem

All of the living and nonliving components that interact in an environment.

• population

• ecosystem

• community

• organism

Any living thing is called a.................

• ecosystem

• community

• population

• organism

NON-living things found in an ecosystem

• biotic

• abiotc

• habitat

Choose the abiotic factor.

• sunflower

• dog

• cat

• table

Why is the ecosystem important?

• It can sustain overpopulation.

• It sustains the balance of life in nature.

• It allows humans to exploit natural resources.

• It can absorb all the toxins humans dispose of.

Air is a biotic factor.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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

• alive
• biotic 
• abiotic
• living

What is an example of a biotic factor?

• skunk
• rocks
• soil
• water

An organism's ? is defined as the environment in which it lives.

• Habitat
• Niche
• Social Structure
• Ecology

A group of the same type of organisms living in the same place at the same time.

• threatened species

• populations

• abiotic factors

• limiting factor