Ecosystem Interactions

What is an Ecosystem?

• A community of living organisms interacting with each other and their non-living environment.

• A community of only living organisms.

• A non-living environment.

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What are Biotic factors?

• Living things in an ecosystem.

• Non-living factors.

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Some examples of biotic factors are plants, animals, bacteria, and fungi.

• True

• False

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What are Abiotic factors?

• The non-living parts of an ecosystem.

• The living parts of an ecosystem.

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Some examples of Abiotic factors are rocks, the sun, temperature, water, and soil.

• True

• False

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Producers make their own food.

• True

• False

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What are animals that eat other animals AND plants called?

• Herbivores

• Consumers

• Producers

What are animals that only eat plants called?

• Herbivores

• Carnivores

• Vegan

Photosynthesis is the process in which plants use sunlight to create their own food.

• True

• False

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Ecological disruptions happen when an event causes environmental stress and affects the ecosystem. What is an example?

• Floods

• Wildfires

• Volcanic eruptions

• All of the above

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