Levels of ecological Organization/ Weather and climate practice

Water temperature would be an example of ...

• a biotic factor.

• an abiotic factor.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

A collection of organisms that belong to different populations but all live in the same area and interact with one another.

• Population
• Ecosystem
• Community
• Ecosphere

A collection of organisms that make up a community as well as all of the nonliving components of the environment.

• Population

• Community

• Habitat

• Ecosystem

Nonliving factor that affects an ecosystem...

• biotic factor
• abiotic factor
• food chain 
• biome

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Living factors or organisms that affect an ecosystem...

• abiotic factors

• species

• trophic level

• biotic factors

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What are the abiotic factors in this image?

• water, sunlight, dirt

• birds, plants, predators

• water, plants, parasites

• oxygen, water, grasses

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An ecosystem contains living and nonliving things.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following is a population?

• hawks, barred owls, and eagles on NC coast
• mountain stream
• all the frogs in a pond
• blue-tailed skinks (lizards) around a barn

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which of the following is the most simple level of ecological organization?

• A community
• An organism

• A population
• An ecosystem

TRUE or FALSE: A community includes all abiotic and biotic factors.

• TRUE
• FALSE