Unit 1b Review - Condensed for Midterm

A living or once-living organisms in an ecosystem is a

• population
• biotic factor
• abiotic factor
• community

The factors in an ecoysystem that have never had the ability to live.

• Biotic Factor
• Abiotic Factor
• Biome
• Community

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

• alive
• biotic 
• abiotic
• living

Is a deer an abiotic or biotic factor? 

• abiotic
• biotic

A plant growing towards the light is an example of 

• reproduction.
• responding to a stimuli.
• metabolism.
• homeostasis.

A maggot changing into a fly is an example of 

• reproduction.
• growth and development.
• homeostasis.
• evolution.

The maintenance of an organism’s internal environment is called:

• compensating
• homeostasis
• balancing
• routine

Living things adapt to their environments. What is an adaptation?

• A feature or behavior that helps an animal survive.

• The food that an animal eats.

• How energy moves in a food web.

• How animals evolve throughout time.

Green plants produce their own food through the process of photosynthesis and convert it into energy through cellular respiration. Which of the following best describes this?

• All living things obtain and use energy

• All living things contain cells

• All living things maintain homeostasis

• All living things grow

An amoeba is a unicellular organism. Which characteristic of life is this?

• All living things use energy
• All living things contain cells
• All living things respond to their environment
• All living things grow