Science Unit 5 quiz 1

An organism's _________ is defined as the environment in which it lives.

• habitat
• niche
• social structure
• ecosystem

A squirrels niche would be _________________.

• hunting prey and providing meat for other squirrels.

• searching for fish to eat in the ocean.

• staying busy storing nuts and seeds for winter.

• help decompose other animals and plants.

A squirrels habitat would be _____________.

• Ocean

• Arctic

• Forest

• Dessert

What is a niche?

• Where an organism lives.

• An organisms role, or job, within its ecosystem.

• What an organism eats.

The place where an organism lives within an ecosystem is its-

• habitat

• niche

• biome

• ecosystem

All the populations of all the different species that live together in a particular area is a

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Organism

• Biome

All of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other are called a/an ______.

• community
• habitat
• population
• ecosystem

An area where an organism finds food, shelter and water in a specific arrangement

• niche
• biosphere
• biome
• habitat

The living part of an ecosystem

• Biotic
• Abiotic
• Mother Earth
• Flowers

The non-living part of an ecosystem

• Ocean
• Lava Flow
• Birds
• Abiotic