Sol 4.5 Ecosystems

The part of Earth and the surrounding atmosphere where organisms can live.

• biotic factors

• biosphere

• ecology

• biology

An ecosystem is made up of _______ and ________ things.

• Living and nonliving
• Alive and dead
• Plants and animals
• Land and water

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What does the word organism mean?

• Living thing
• Nonliving thing
• Organs in your body
• Organ player

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An individual living thing (for example a frog, a tree, or a rabbit) is also known as a(n)

• Population

• Organism

• Community

• Ecosystem

Many organisms of the same species living in the same area.

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Population

• Community

All of the living and non-living parts of the environment in the same area is a(n) _____.

• Population

• Community

• Organism

• Ecosystem

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What is another word for population of living things?

• Niche
• Habitat
• Species
• Organism 

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Many different types of populations living in the same area is called a(n) ______.

• Community

• Ecosytem

• Population

• Organism

Populations contain more than one member of the same species. Which one of these is a population?

• 1 Deer and 3 mice

• 10 squirrels

• 1 squirrel

• 1 squirrel, 5 deer, and 15 mice

Communities are made up of living things only. Which one of these is a community?

• Trees, birds, dirt, worms
• Deer, grass, leaves, bunnies
• Whales, water, seashells, fish
• Sand, camels, mountains, coyotes

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