Hilsman Unit 1 Vocabulary Quiz

An organism is...

• an organ like the heart

• a rock

• sand and water

• a living thing that can carry out life processes independently.

What is meant by an organism's characteristics?

• the teacher wrote on the chalk board

• The traits or features of an individual, group or place

• the girl likes icecream

• They walked in the sand

A claim is a statement that answers a question.

• true

• false

prefix "bio" means

• without

• empty

• life

• dead

The prefic "a' means

• with, both

• not, without

• same

• different

Biotic means

• alive

• not alive

abiotic means

• alive

• not alive

The "E" in CER is evidence.

• true

• false

non-living elements, examples include water, rocks, sun, temperature

• abiotic

• ecosystem

• biotic

• biosphere

What is an ecosystem?

• All the interacting organisms that live in an environment and the abiotic parts of the environment that affect the organisms.

• A person who observes and studies the interactions between the biotic and abiotic parts of the environment.

• The relationship among the biotic parts of the environment.

• he relationship between all the abiotic elements of a pond