5.9A Ecosystems Interactions

Which of the following nonliving components do all living organisms depend on for survival?

• Water, grass, air

• Sun, air, water

• Soil, sun, rocks

• Water, rocks, air

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Part A

How does the strangler fig interact with other living components in its ecosystem in order to survive?

• The fig produces its own food through the process of photosynthesis

• The fig competes with other trees for sunlight

• The fig roots rot in the wet rain forest soil

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Part B

What evidence supports your answer to Part A?

• It rains every day in the rain forest ecosystem, which provides the fig with enough water to survive

• The rain forest flower does not receive much sunlight, so the fig must grow taller than other trees

• Producers, like the fig, make their own food, while consumers obtain food from other organisms

• Plants convert carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight into glucose, which are living components in the rain forest ecosystem

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Which of the following is a nonliving component of an ecosystem?

• Soil

• Moss

• Snail

• Worm

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In Africa, lions chase and kill their prey. The lion family eats all it wants and then vultures come and finish the rest.

Are the vultures a living or nonliving component of the ecosystem?

Write your answer in the space.

Scientist observe that the deer population is growing and worry there will not be enough plants for the deer during the winter. Which best describes the relationship between the deer population and the plants?

• The deer need water stored in plants to survive in winter, but the plants do not

• Deer receive energy from eating plants

• The plants are nonliving components

• The plants use oxygen which deer need in order to survive

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Colorado elk need food, water, and air to sustain their population. Based on this information, what statement is true regarding the elk's ecosystem?

• Elk lack dependence on living and nonliving components in their environment

• Too many factors limit the elk's survival within their ecosystem

• Living organisms are independent of nonliving components within the ecosystem

• Living and nonliving components work together to keep the elk's ecosystem functioning

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Which of these examples of relationships between living organisms and another living organism in an ecosystem?

Select TWO correct answer.

• Deer gazing in a meadow

• Fish using gills to breathe

• Ants building a mound in soil

• Bobcat scratching its claw on a tree

• Moose drinking water from a pond

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Ecologists study the soil particles from a desert biome to learn how the nutrients in the soil sustain plant survival. Which of the following tools is most beneficial for observing the particles of soil?

• Collecting net

• Magnet

• Microscope

• Telescope

After observing an ecosystem, a student writes the following conclusion in a notebook.

-Ecosystems are only made of living things.

Is the student's conclusion logical?

• Yes, because ecosystems are made of living things that interact

• No, because ecosystems are made of living and nonliving components

• Yes, because ecosystem is another name for habitat

• No, because an ecosystem has nothing to do with living things

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