Environmental Science Review

What is the first level of ecological organization where abiotic (non-living) factors are included?

• Biosphere

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Biome

If you start to sweat in sudden heat, this is an example of what characteristic of life?

• Maintaining Homeostasis

• Reproduction

• Respond to the Environment

• Complex Chemistry

Human beings produce offspring through (a)   reproduction

Prokaryotes reproduce through (a)   reproduction

Animals exhibit what characteristics of life?

• Maintaining Homeostasis

• Comprised of Cells

• Respond to their environment

• Have complex chemistry

Provide an example of an Individual

Your metabolism is related to which characteristic of life?

• Complex Chemistry

• Energy Use

• Maintaining Homeostasis

• Food Production

Name 2 Ecosystems within the same Biome

The level of the ecological organization directly following population is: (a)  

A species can be named a "keystone species" if it... (Pick 2)

• holds the food web together

• provides an essential service to humans

• aids in keeping the ecosystem unstable

• creates stability in the environment