Ecosystem/Food Web Vocabulary

A community of organisms and the physical environment in which they live

• food chain

• niche

• ecosystem

• region

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The process of preserving and protecting an ecosystem or a resource

• conservation

• safety

• food web

• energy pyramid

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Select all that apply: Producers are?

• plants

• animals

• trees

• grass

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Consumers are

• consumers that get energy from the remains of dead plants and animals.

• living things that cannot make its own food.

• a living thing that makes its own food from

  sunlight, air, and soil

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All energy on Earth ultimately comes from what source?

• water

• consumers

• sun

• flowers

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Any living thing is called a.................

• ecosystem

• community

• population

• organism

What is the term used to describe all living things in an ecosystem?

• Biotic Factors
• Abiotic Factors
• Environmental Factors
• Population

What is the term used to describe all non-living things in an ecosystem?

• Biotic Factors
• Abiotic Factors
• Environmental Factors
• Population

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An ecosystem thrives with biotic and abiotic components. An example of an abiotic part of an ecosystem is ______________.

• Bacteria

• Fungus

• Water

• Decaying plants

_____can cause an environment to be unhealthy.

• Too many of one type of organism

• Too few of one type of organism

• Death of one type of organism

• All the above

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