Natural Ecosystems

​ Termites and flagellates are​ (a)   as they affect each other's survival.

• interdependent
• ecology
• environment
• habitat
• ecosystem

Answer explanation

Flagellates live inside the termite's gut to digest the wood, the termite then absorbs these digested nutrients.

This is an interdependent relationship.

The study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment is called?

• Habitat

• Ecosystem

• Ecology

• Environment

• Interdependent

Answer explanation

Ecology is a sub-branch of biology, which studies how organisms interact with each other and their environment

The ​ (a)   consists of all the factors in an organism's surroundings that affect it.

• environment
• habitat
• ecosystem
• ecology
• interdependent

A ​ (a)   ​ is where an organism lives.

• habitat
• ecosystem
• environment
• ecology
• interdpendent

Answer explanation

A habitat is simply the place where an organism lives.

This is not the same as an environment, which is a set of factors that affect the organism's surivial.

An ​ (a)   is a system formed by a group of living things interacting with each other and their non-living surroundings.

• ecosystem
• habitat
• ecology
• environment
• interdepndent

Ecosystems have three main components, which are:

• living organisms

• physical surroundings

• living and non-living factors that make up the environment

• non-living organisms

• metaphysical surroundings

An aquarium is an example of an __________ ecosystem.

Answer explanation

An aquarium is an artificial ecosystem as it was created by humans.

These ecosystems are not balanced and need to be managed by adding food and removing waste.