Interdependence in Ecosystems

What is another word for something that is ALIVE or was ONCE LIVING

• Biotic

• Abiotic

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What is another word for something that was NEVER ALIVE?

• Biotic

• Abiotc

Is this a DEPENDENT or COMPETITIVE relationshp?

• Dependent

• Competitive

Is this a DEPENDENT or COMPETITIVE relationshp?

• Dependent

• Competitive

A plant or animal that comes into a new ecosystem and consumes limited resources are called _____________.

• Invasive Species

• Native Species

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Field mice eat corn. Which would most likely happen if the field mouse population grew?

• There would be more corn to feed the field mice.
• There would be less corn due to the mice eating it.
• The habitat would get overpopulated because the mice woudl eat too much.

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A foreign insect is introduced into the Texas. It eats a lot of leaves, and trees start to become leafless. Many different animals feed on the new insect, but even they cannot control its numbers. Eventually, trees begin to die. Why would a rapid increase of the new insect population cause certain species of herbivores to vanish or be fewer in number?

• They would not have enough to eat. 
• They would not have enough space to live.
• They would not have tree bark to eat.

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Male giraffes fighting for a female giraffe is an example of 

• competition
• predation
• symbiosis
• craziness!

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Which of these living organisms is interacting with another living organism in the environment?

• A mole digs a tunnel in a forest meadow.

• A hummingbird drinks nectar from a flower.

• An white hare burrows in the snow for camouflage.

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An organism that hunts and feeds on another organism is a ______________________.

• prey
• producer
• predator
• decomposer