Homeostasis Storyline- Population Trends Quizizz

What is a population?

• One individual member of a species

• a group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area

• a community of different species and their environment

Which definition best fits the term BIOTIC?

• The study of the interactions between animals and their environment

• Factors in the environment that are considered not alive

• Factors in the environment that are considered living or the remains of living things

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An organism that helps to recycle nutrients within an ecosystem by eating dead or decaying organisms is a:

• Predator

• Autotroph

• Producer

• Decomposer

The ecological role an organism performs in their specific environment is considered the organism's...

• Habitat

• Population

• Biome

• Niche

The arrows in a food chain or web represents what?

• They point to the organism that is being eaten.

• It shows how sunlight flows within an ecosystem.

• They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms. 

• They represent how water is transferred within a habitat.

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What are plants called in a food chain?

• Producers /Autotrophs

• Consumers /Heterotrophs

• Decomposers

• Scavengers

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Match the following

• This is an organism that supplies matter and energy, also known as an autotroph.

• Decomposer

• This is an organism that relies on other organisms for its food and energy supply; heterotroph

• Parasite

• This is an organism that breaks down and gains nutrients from dead organisms.

• Consumer

• This is an animal that lives by preying on other animals.

• Predator

• This is an organism which feeds on, but usually does not kill, a larger organism

• Producer

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An area where an organism finds food, shelter and water in a specific arrangement

• niche
• biosphere
• biome
• habitat

What are the Abiotic factors in this image? 

• water, sunlight, dirt, air
• birds and plants
• birds, water, dirt
• plants, water

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Which is the smallest level of an ecosystem?

• organsism
• population
• community
• ecosystem