Levels of Ecolgoical Organization

What is the term for the collection of organisms that belong to different populations but all live in the same area and interact with one another?

• Population

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Ecosphere

What is the term for the collection of organisms that make up a community as well as all of the nonliving components of the environment?

• Population

• Community

• Habitat

• Ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Water temperature would be an example of ...

• a biotic factor.

• an abiotic factor.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

All the alligators in a swamp are an example of a(n) _______________.

• organism

• community

• population

• group

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What term best describes all the plants and animals in this image?

• Species
• Population
• Ecosystem
• Community

Two organisms that are so similar they can interbreed in nature and produce fertile offspring.

• biotic factor

• herbivore

• ecosystem

• species

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What is it called when a group of the same organisms living together in the same place at the same time?

• An organism
• A population
• A community
• A biome

When all the ecosystems on Earth are combined it is called...

• a community.
• a biome.
• a biosphere.
• an Earthsphere.

What are the ecological levels of organization from smallest to the largest?

• organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere
• organism, community, population, ecosystem, biome, biosphere
• organism, population, community, biome, ecosystem, ecosphere.
• organism, community, population, biome, ecosystem, ecosphere

Nonliving factor that affects an ecosystem...

• biotic factor
• abiotic factor
• food chain 
• biome

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3