Chapter 4: Ecosystems and Communities

What is defined by long-term patterns of weather over many years

Which word describes day-to-day conditions of the atmosphere, including temperature, precipitation, and other factors?

• Weather

• Greenhouse effect

• Climate

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Carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor are gases that are called? (write lowercase)

• Greenhouse gases

• Vapor gases

• Carbon gases

• Helium gases

Earth's average temperature is determined by the balance of the concentrations of three different gases in the atmosphere, which are?

• Ammonia, Water vapor, Ethane

• Carbon dioxide, Helium, Methane

• Carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor

• Nitric oxide, Water vapor, Carbon monoxide

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The range of external conditions within which a species can survive and reproduce is called its range of..

• habitat

• tolerance

• homeostasis

• niche

What does a niche descibe?

Answer explanation

A niche describes not only what an organism does, but also how it interacts with biotic and abiotic factors in the environment. A niche is essentially the range of physical and biological conditions in which a species lives and the way the species obtain the resources it needs to survive and reproduce in its environment.

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The interaction in which a predator feeds on prey is called?

• symbiosis

• herbivory

• predation

• keystone species

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The interaction in which an herbivore feeds on producers is called?

• Predation

• Herbivory

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

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A single species that is vital to ecosystem stability is known as.. (Write lowercase) Hint: It is a vocabulary word

What are the types of symbiotic relationships in nature?

• Commensalism and Mutualism

• 
  Parasitism and Herbivory

• Mutualism, Commensalism, and Parasitism

• Mutualism, Predation, Parsitism

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