Biomes and Ecosystem Vocab Quiz #1

What are abiotic factors?

• Living parts of an ecosystem

• Non-living things

• An individual living thing

• A relationship in which two species live closely together

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What is the study of the interactions that take place among organisms and their environment called?

• Symbiosis

• Habitat

• Ecology

• Biome

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What term describes the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism?

• Ecosystem

• Niche

• Habitat

• Carrying capacity

What is symbiosis?

• A large geographic area with a distinctive climate and ecosystems

• The largest number of individuals of a population that an environment can support

• A community of organisms and their abiotic environment

• A relationship in which two species live closely together

What is the term for the largest number of individuals of a population that an environment can support?

• Limiting factor

• Carrying capacity

• Niche

• Biome

What is a limiting factor in an ecosystem?

• The unique role an organism plays in the ecosystem

• The largest number of individuals of a population that an environment can support

• Any biotic or abiotic factor that restricts the existence, numbers, reproduction, or distribution of organisms/populations

• A community of organisms and their abiotic environment

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What does the term 'niche' refer to in an ecosystem?

• The largest number of individuals of a population that an environment can support

• A community of organisms and their abiotic environment

• The unique role an organism plays in the ecosystem

• A large geographic area with a distinctive climate and ecosystems

Which of the following best describes a biome?

• A specific area within an ecosystem where an organism lives

• The role and position a species has in its environment

• A large community of plants and animals that occupies a distinct region

• The process by which organisms adapt to their environment

Living parts of an ecosystem, such as plants, animals and bacteria

• Negative Factors

• Biotic Factors

• Zero Factors

• Abiotic Factors

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An individual living thing in an ecosystem

• Organism

• Not an organism

• Habitat

• Niche

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