All of the living and non-living things and how they interact with each other in a shared community.

• ecosystem

• biotic

• abiotic

• essential

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a part of the ecosystem like plants, animals and bacteria that require energy to survive and have basic needs that must be met

• living (biotic)

• nonliving (abiotic)

• esential

• ecosystem

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the parts of an ecosystem that have NEVER been living and NEVER will be; examples include the sun, water, air, soil, weather conditions, and rocks

• nonliving (abiotic)

• living (biotic)

• terrarium

• essential

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If there are more prey available, predator numbers can decrease since there is more available food.

• True
• False

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When predator numbers decrease, prey numbers ____________ because fewer of them are being consumed.

• decrease
• increase
• stay the same
• divide in half

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Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all  _____  parts of the environment

• alive
• biotic 
• abiotic
• living

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Which list below contains all nonliving components?

• Oxygen, water, sunlight, fungus

• Water, soil, sunlight, air

• Carbon dioxide, soil, bacteria, water

• Water, bacteria, sunlight, air

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A teacher makes the following observations during recess. Which number is an example of two living organisms interacting?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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All organisms must obtain energy in order to survive. In which example below is an organism obtaining energy without depending on another living organism?

• A dog eats dog food from his bowl.

• A palm tree produces food through photosynthesis.

• A sparrow eats insects out of a log.

• Mold growing on a piece of bread feeds on the sugars.

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Plants make their own food using ________ resources?

• nonliving

• living and nonliving

• living

• no

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