Ecosystem

The image shows a terrarium, a habitat for plants and animals to live in similar to the environment found in nature. Use the image below to answer the question. Which organisms need food, water, and air to live and survive in their environment? (5.9A)

• Fern and Lizard

• Moss and Cricket

• Fern and Moss

• Cricket and Lizard

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An __________ is a community made up of living and nonliving things in their natural environment.

• organism

• animal

• ecosystem

• habitat

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Animals that eat only other animals are called...

• herbivores

• carnivores

• omnivore

• prey

All of the living and non-living things and how they interact with each other in a shared community.

• ecosystem

• biotic

• abiotic

• essential

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the parts of an ecosystem that have NEVER been living and NEVER will be; examples include the sun, water, air, soil, weather conditions, and rocks

• nonliving (abiotic)

• living (biotic)

• terrarium

• essential

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the way in which all things (living and nonliving) work together in a shared community

• essential

• interaction

• terrarium

• living (biotic)

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necessary or extremely important

• terrarium

• interaction

• essential

• nonliving (abiotic)

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During a field study, a biologist collects samples from various environments. Choose the list that contains ONLY living organisms found in those samples.

• Plants, Animals, Insects, Bacteria, Fungus

• Rocks, Trees, Air, Flowers

• Reptiles, Rivers, Mountains, Monkeys

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All the living and non living things interacting in a marine environment.

• Habitat

• Ecosystem

• Interaction

• Organism

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Frogs in a pond interact with both living and nonliving components in their ecosystem. Frogs interact with nonliving components when they–

• eat swimming insects for energy.

• lay their eggs in bodies of water.

• become food for another animal.

• hide beneath plants in the pond.

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