Interactions in Ecosystems 5.9A & 5.9B

Select ALL components that are living:

• robot

• tree

• cell phone

• polar bear

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Select ALL components that are non-living:

• dog

• yogurt

• water

• ice

An ecosystem refers to:

• only living things

• All living and nonliving things in an area

• only nonliving things

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The relationship between living and living and/or nonliving things for survival is:

• interdependence

• niche

• organism

• reproduction

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How do plants and animals depend on each other?

• Plants give off carbon dioxide and animals breathe it in

• Plants give off oxygen and animals breathe it in

• Animals give off air and plants breathe it in

• Animals give off carbon dioxide and plants breathe in air

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A plant or animal in an ecosystem is a -

• organism

• community

• population

A plant depends on the sun for energy. The plant turns the suns energy into food through a process called -

• cooking

• radiation

• photosynthesis

• mitochondria

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Decomposers do the following...

• Eat only producers

• Help breakdown dead plant and animal remains or waste

• Make their own food

• Eat only other consumers

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What are some examples of nonliving things in an ecosystem?

• water, soil, and plants

• water, soil, and animals

• water, soil, and air

• water, soil, and trees

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Population

• A group of populations living and interacting with each other in an area.

• A group of organisms of the same species who live in the same area at the same time.

• The struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources.

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