Ch. 3 Populations and Communities (TN Standards)

An organism’s habitat must provide ______________, ______________, and _____________.

• food

• water

• shelter

• money

The nonliving parts of an ecosystem are called ______________.

• Biotic factors

• Abiotic factors

• dead

• dust

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

To produce their own food, algae and plants use the abiotic factors ___________, _____________, and ___________.

• sunlight

• fertilizer

• carbon dioxide

• water

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A _________________ is all the members of one species living in a particular area.

• abiotic factor

• biotic factor

• population

• community

The part of an ecosystem where an organism lives and feeds is called the organism’s ________________.

• niche

• habitat

• population

• ecosystem

Nutrients in the soil from decaying remains of animals is a biotic or abiotic factor of an organism’s habitat? ______________

• biotic

• abiotic

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

All the biotic and abiotic factors in an area together make up a(n) ____________.

• town

• population

• community

• ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Insects and plants are __________ factors in an ecosystem.

• abiotic

• biotic

What is the smallest unit of organization in an ecosystem? ____________

• population

• community

• town

• organism

List 3 biotic factors: _____________, ______________, and ________.

• sun

• dolphin

• tiger

• squirrel

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4