Unit 7 Ecosystems

What is the correct definition of Abiotic?

• a living thing, such as a plant, an animal, a fungus, or a bacterium

• describes the nonliving part of the environment, including water, rocks, light, and temperature

• a place where an organism lives and can find everything it needs to survive

• a living thing that gets energy by breaking down dead organisms

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Which of the following is an example of an abiotic factor in an ecosystem?

• a squirrel

• a rock

• a tree

• a butterfly

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What is the correct definition of biotic factor?

• a group of food chains that overlap

• a living thing that cannot make its own food and must eat other living things

• a living thing such as a plant, an animal, a fungus or bacterium

• Harry Styles

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Which of the following is an example of a biotic factor in an ecosystem?

• sunlight

• river

• rock

• a fish

What is the correct definition of habitat?

• the preserving and protecting of an ecosystem or a resource

• a place where an organism lives and can find everything it needs to survive

• a living thing that gets energy by breaking down dead organisms

• a group of food chains that overlap

Which of the following best explains why a cactus is well-suited to live in a desert habitat?

• it has colorful flowers to attract bees

• it grows quickly in cold temperatures

• it has large leaves to soak up sunlight

• it has thick, waxy skin to store water

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What is the correct definition of a decomposer?

• a living thing, such as a plant, that can make its own food

• a living thing that cannot make its own food and must eat other living things

• a living thing that gets energy by breaking down dead organisms

• a living thing, such as a plant, an animal, a fungus, or a bacterium

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Answer the following question about a food web

• A

• B

• C

• D

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What is the correct definition of a consumer?

• a living thing that gets energy by breaking down dead organisms

• a living thing that cannot make its own food and must eat other living things

• a place where an organism lives and can find everything it needs to survive

• the process of cutting down trees to plant crops

Which organisms are producers?

• butterfly, spider, flower

• jaguar, spider monkey, poison dart frog

• flowers, fruit, and leaves

• fruit, flowers, spider monkey

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