2-24 Ecosystems Vocabulary Quiz

large geographic areas that have similar

climates and ecosystems

an organism that can make its own food (through photosynthesis)

• consumer

• photosynthesis

• decomposer

• producer

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a living thing

• abiotic factor

• habitat

• organism

• symbiosis

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Different populations of organisms that live in the same area

• Community

• Population

• Organism

• Herbivore

This is an ecosystem with many trees.

• desert

• forest

• volcano

• tundra

The number of different species of plants and

animals in an area

• population

• biodiversity

• ecosystem

• resource

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A system comprising all the biotic and abiotic

factors in an area and all the interactions

among them

• population

• biodiversity

• ecosystem

• resource

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The series of predictable changes to the environment that takes place over a long period of time.

• Ecological Succession

• Limiting Factors

• Primary Succession

• Secondary Succession

The organism that arrives first to a newly created environment is known as a-

• Boulder

• Flora

• Pioneer Species

• Fauna

This pioneer species is the first to arrive that helps break apart rocks to help make soil.

• Lichen

• Moss

• Grass

• Weeds

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