Chapter 4 Remediation- The Organization of Life

Imagine you are a biologist studying different environments. Which of the following would you consider an ecosystem?

• A vacant lot in your neighborhood

• An oak forest in a national park

• A coral reef in the Caribbean Sea

• All of the above

The energy in most ecosystems comes from:

• Green plants.

• The sun.

• Wind.

• The soil.

The organisms most likely to belong to the same species are _____.

• people at a football game.

• bacteria inside a person's body.

• birds in a forest.

• organisms in a pond.

Which of the following statements about an organism's habitat is NOT true?

• Most organisms can survive if they are taken away from their habitat.

• An organism's habitat is the place where it lives.

• A habitat has specific characteristics that an organism needs to live there.

• A habitat contains biotic and abiotic factors.

The community of a pond is made up of all the ______.

• biotic and abiotic factors

• resources organisms need

• habitats in and around the water

• populations of fish, insects, and other living organisms.

What are air, water, and rocks?

• Habitat

• Abiotic factors

• Population

• Biotic factors

What are living and dead organisms referred to as?

• Species

• Biotic factors

• Population

• Abiotic factors

What is the place where an organism lives called?

• habitat

• population

• species

• vacant lot

What is a black widow spider?

• A habitat

• A species

• A population

• An abiotic factor

What is the term for all the black widow spiders in a certain area?

• Population

• Ecosystem

• Biosphere

• Organisms