Chapter 3/4 Vocab - ACP Enviro

What is the term for the region where an organism lives and obtains the resources it needs to survive?

• Habitat

• Biosphere

• Troposphere

• Lithosphere

Which of the following is a component of an ecosystem that includes all living organisms?

• Biotic

• Abiotic

• Range of tolerance

• Autotroph

What is the term for the total amount of energy that is captured by autotrophs through photosynthesis?

• Food chain

• Net primary productivity

• Ecological efficiency

• Gross primary productivity

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the term for the process by which populations of organisms change over time?

• Microevolution

• Coevolution

• Macroevolution

• Mutation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What is the term for the role and position a species has in its environment?

• Ecological niche

• Generalist species

• Specialist species

• Habitat

What is the term for the process by which one species evolves in response to the evolution of another species?

• Microevolution

• Macroevolution

• Coevolution

• Mutation

What is the term for the non-living components of an ecosystem, such as sunlight and soil?

• Biotic

• Abiotic

• Autotroph

• Habitat

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the term for the process by which a species adapts to its environment over time?

• Adaptation

• Mutation

• Ecological niche

• Microevolution

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What is the term for the process by which energy is transferred from one organism to another in an ecosystem?

• Food chain

• Ecological efficiency

• Net primary productivity

• Gross primary productivity

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the term for a species that has a broad range of habitat or diet preferences?

• Specialist species

• Generalist species

• Keystone species

• Indicator species