Ecosystem Vocabulary TEST 2023

1. A nonliving thing that affects the ecosystem

• Abiotic factor
• Biotic factor

2. A living thing that affects the ecosystem

• Abiotic factor
• Biotic factor

3. A type of biological community defined by its predominant plants, animals, and environmental conditions

• Biome
• Biosphere

4. The sum of all living matter on Earth

• Biome
• Biosphere

5. A system comprising all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area and all the interactions among them

• Community
• Population
• Ecosystem
• species

6. All the populations of different species in a particular area

• community
• population
• ecosystem
• Species

7. A group of interacting individuals of the same species located in the same area

• community
• population
• ecosystem
• species

8. A group of organisms with similar characteristics that are able to interbreed or exchange genetic material

• community
• population
• ecosystem
• species

9. Biotic or abiotic environmental factor that restricts the growth of a population

• limiting factor
• long-term environmental change
• abiotic factor
• biotic factor

10. Environmental change that occurs slowly over time and affects organisms over generations

• limiting factor
• long-term environmental change
• abiotic factor
• biotic factor