Ecosystems Vocabulary

At what level of organization in an ecosystem is an individual plant or animal?

• Population
• Organism
• Community
• Ecosystem

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Which of the following describes an organism that demonstrates a behavioral adaptation to receive a benefit from a non-living component of its habitat?

• Tree sloths spend most of their days high in the canopy of the rainforest trees to avoid predators
• Remora fish swim near sharks and eat the food scraps which are left behind when sharks eat
• Honeybees visit flower after flower, gathering nectar, which they turn into food.
• Bearded dragons bask in the sunlight in order to warm up their bodies to the optimum temperature

Ecosystem is the level of organization that is best described as including - 

• only a single individual of a single species plant or animal
• two species that live in the same habitat and depend on each other
• all of the abiotic factors which characterize a geographic area
• various species in an area and the abiotic factors on which they depend

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Community is the level of organization which is best described as all -

• members of a certain species in a given area.
• members of a species regardless of where they live.
• living things, regardless of species, in an area.
• living and non-living components of an area.

Which of the following describes an interaction between a biotic factor and an abiotic factor?

• A pair of birds build a nest in a tree
• A black bear uses a cave for a winter home
• A squirrel gathers nuts to store for winter
• A vulture eats the remains of a wild pig

The table lists levels of organization in an ecosystem from least complex to most complex. Which of the following belongs in the table where the question mark is?

• Population
• Class
• Species
• Society

Which of the following lists includes only abiotic factors?

• Plants, animals, average daily temperature
• Rainfall amounts, average daily temperature, minerals in soil
• Minerals in soil, plants, rainfall amounts
• Animals, rainfall amounts, soil composition

Which of the following correctly lists the levels of organization from least complex to most complex?

• Community, Organism, Population, Ecosystem
• Population, Community, Ecosystem, Organism
• Organism, Population, Community, Ecosystem
• Ecosystem, Population, Organism, Community