T5 L1 Living Things and the Environment Pt 1

What is an organism?

• Something that interacts with its environment to get food, water, shelter, and other things it needs to live, grow, and reproduce

• An organism is a man-made object that mimics living beings.
• An organism is a type of rock found in nature.
• An organism is a non-living entity that exhibits the properties of life.

What are resources?

• Resources are intangible concepts that cannot be utilized.
• Resources are only available to a select few individuals.
• Things that organisms use to survive

• Resources are liabilities that hinder progress.

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What is a habitat?

• An environment that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce

• The process of photosynthesis in plants.
• A type of food consumed by animals in the wild.
• The name of a popular TV show.

What does it mean to have organisms in a certain habitat?

• Organisms living in a different time period
• Organisms living in a zoo
• Organisms living in outer space
• In nature, every organism you see in a particular habitat is there because that meets the organism's needs

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What are biotic factors?

• Artificial elements in the environment
• Non-living components of an ecosystem
• The parts of a habitat that are were once alive

• Inanimate objects in nature

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What are abiotic factors?

• Living organisms in an ecosystem
• The nonliving parts of an organism's habitat

• Environmental factors that only impact plants
• Biotic factors that affect non-living components

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List in order the levels of organization in an ecosystem.

• Species, Habitat, Biome, Environment
• Individuals, Population, Ecosystem, Biosphere
• Cells, Tissues, Organs, Organisms
• Individual organisms, Population, Community, Ecosystem

What is a species?

• A group of organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also reproduce

• A species is a group of organisms that have similar physical characteristics
• A species is a group of organisms that can interbreed but produce infertile offspring
• A species is a group of organisms that cannot interbreed

What is a population?

• The total land area of a region
• The members of one species living in a particular area

• A group of unrelated organisms
• The number of individuals in a single household

What is a community?

• The different populations that live together

• A community is a scientific theory
• A community is a new social media platform
• A community is a type of fruit

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