Unit 8 Vocabulary Review

________ is a place or location where an organism lives.

________ is an organism’s role and place in an ecosystem.

• Biotic

  Abiotic

• Ecosystem;

  Population density

• Niche

  Habitat

• Habitat

  Niche

This is a living organism, a once-living organism, or something that came from a living or once-living organism

• Intraspecific

• Abiotic Factor

• Niche

• Biotic Factor

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Which is the correct definition of an abiotic factor?

• living parts of an ecosystem

• non-living parts of an ecosystem

• dead parts of an ecosystem

• decomposers

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Which of the following is not an example of an abiotic factor?

• water

• air

• plants

• soil

Which of the following is an example of a biotic factor?

• water

• rocks

• weather

• hair

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Something that causes a population to stop growing or to decline (decrease) is a...

• limiting factor

• population density

• abiotic factor

• biotifc factor

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Which is the correct definition for carrying capacity?

• the number of organisms in a specific area.

• something that stops populations from growing.

•  the maximum population size of a species that the environment can sustain.

• the struggle for resources.

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Which of these is true about limiting factors and carrying capacity?

• Limiting factors determine the carrying capacity of an ecosystem

• Carrying capacity determines the limiting factors of an ecosystem

• Limiting factors make the carrying capacity of an ecosystem higher

• Limiting factors have no effect on the carrying capacity of an ecosystem

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What is the definition for population density?

• the number of habitats in the world

• the number of organisms in a specific area.

• the number of organisms in a population that a ecosystem can hold

• the total number of populations in an ecosystem

What is a genetic trait?

• A characteristic that can be passed down to offspring

• the process of populations changing over time

• A characteristic that always helps an organisms survive in its ecosystem

• an abiotic factor

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