Living Organisms and Ecosystems

A group of organisms and the environment they live in is called

• producer

• consumer

• ecosystem

• predator

An organism that relies on other plants and animals for food is called a

• consumer

• prey

• producer

• decomposer

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An animal that only eats plants is a

• food web

• herbivore

• food chain

• carnivore

An animal that eats both plants and other animals

• omnivore

• herbivore

• carnivore

• decomposer

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• a desert

• a shallow sea

• a tundra

• a rainforest

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Match the following

• a limited area in which living and nonliving things interact

• ecosystem

• an organisms role or function within an ecosystem

• ecology

• the study of the interactions between living and nonliving things

• zonation

• the space that an organism lives in and uses

• niche

• distinct regions in an ecosystem often caused by increasing elevation or other abiotic factors

• habitat

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Which is a biotic factor?

• sunlight

• air 

• bacteria

• all of the above

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When Sri-lankin monkeys eat flowers of trees, pollen sticks to them. As the monkey travels, the pollen is carried and dropped, allowing for new flowers to grow. Mutualism helps to maintain the delicate balance in the (a)   . The monkey eats both plants and and small animals and is considered to be a(n) ​ (b)  

​ The tree is a ​ (c)  

• tropical rainforest

• Deciduous forest

• Taiga forest

• omnivore

• carnivore

• herbivore

• producer

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Data for three animal populations in a small area was collected over a period of 20 years. In 2002, an outdoor shopping mall was built in the area. Researchers found that the squirrel and raccoon populations grew between 2000 and 2010 due to additional food sources while the population of deer decreased. Which graph best shows the change in animal populations?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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An organism that makes it own food is a

• predator

• prey

• producer

• penguin

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