Ecological Terms and the Serengeti - LC7

What is the term for the population size an ecosystem can maintain?

• Population capacity
• Carrying capacity
• Sustainability limit
• Habitat threshold

Which is not an abiotic factor in the environment?

• Wind
• Rain
• Sunlight
• Species

What is a biotic factor in an ecosystem?

• Weather patterns in the ecosystem
• Living organisms or products of living organisms that affect the ecosystem.
• Non-living elements in the ecosystem
• Human-made structures in the ecosystem

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What words define the range of physical and chemical conditions under which a species can persist and the array of essential resources it utilizes?

• environmental diversity

• territorial scope
• habitat range
• ecological niche

What consists of the genetic diversity, species diversity and functional diversity of an ecosystem?

• Ecosystem

• Biodiversity

• Habitat

• Niche

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What is the term for the place where a plant or animal lives?

• habitat
• dwelling
• residence
• locale

What is the term for something that is introduced from another ecosystem, has no natural predators and displaces native species?

• Non-native species
• Alien species
• Foreign species
• Invasive species

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What is the term used to describe a group of the same species living in a specific area?

• community
• population
• tribe
• herd

What term would you use to describe a species that originates in a specific place and still lives there?

• Exotic
• Native
• Indigenous

• Foreign

In the water cycle, what is the term for water that leaves the surface of the earth and moves into the atmosphere?

• Condensation
• Sublimation
• Precipitation
• Evaporation

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