Ecosystems

Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all  _____  parts of the environment

• alive
• biotic 
• abiotic
• living

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What is an example of a biotic factor?

• skunk
• rocks
• soil
• water

Is a deer an abiotic or biotic factor? 

• abiotic
• biotic

Which term refers to the job an organism plays within its environment?

• biosphere
• ecology
• habitat
• niche

All the alligators in a swamp are an example of a(n) _______________.

• organism

• community

• population

• group

What are the abiotic factors in this image? 

• water, sunlight, dirt, air
• birds and plants
• water, plants, and birds 

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Any of the non-living factors that make up the environment in which living organisms occur.

• abiotic
• biotic
• abiology
• antibiotic

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Which DOES NOT represent an Ecosystem?

• A

• B

• C

• D

A habitat is ___________________.

• the place or kind of place in which an animal or plant naturally lives.

• is how plants produce their own food.

• is an animal that only eats meat.

• the place where only one animal lives.

A niche ________________.

• is the function that an organism performs in the food web of that community.

• includes everything else the organism does and needs in its environment.

• is specific to each individual animal and plant.

• All of the above.