Unit 12 Environmental Organization Test Review

Which of the following includes ONLY abiotic factors?

• animals, rainfall amounts, soil composition

• minerals in soil, plants, rainfall amounts

• rainfall amounts, average daily temperatures, minerals in soil

• plants, animals, average daily temps

Which of the following terms would be a biotic part of an environment?

• sunlight

• radiant energy

• falling water

• dead fish

In what way do decomposers help the environment?

• making their own food

• consuming only plants that die

• consuming other living things

• breaking down the wastes of living things

Where on the diagram would a herd of elephants be placed?

• ecosystem

• individual

• population

• community

What would be an example of an abiotic factor found in an ecosystem?

• plants

• water

• animals

• dead leaves

A rabbit's grassland community includes -

• field mice

• rocks

• warm spring temperatures

• rainfall

Which of the following examples best represents the community level of organization?

• one deer

• a herd of deer

• deer, trees, grass, rabbits, soil, water

• deer, rabbits, birds, mice

The function or position of an organism or population with in an ecological community

• niche

• biosphere

• habitat

• species

The place where an organism naturally lives and grows

• species

• population

• habitat

• bird house

A system that makes up all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area and the interactions among them

• community

• population

• ecosystem

• symbosis