Living Things and the Environment Vocabulary

What is an example of a biotic factor?

• skunk

• rocks

• soil

• water

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An organism's _________ is defined as the area in which it lives.

• Habitat

• Niche

• Social Structure

• Ecology

LIVING things in an ecosystem are called _________________.

• biotic

• abiotic

• ecosystem

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The study of interactions in an ecosystem.

• ecology

• philosophy

• scientology

• biology

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A group of the same type of organisms living in the same place at the same time.

• threatened species

• populations

• abiotic factors

• limiting factor

All of the populations that live in one area together

• limiting factors

• populations

• community

• speed limit

These organisms cannot make their own food; they must eat something for energy

• decomposer

• consumer

• producer

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The specific role or job of an organism in its community is its _____________________.

• home

• niche

• favorite

• producer

Just 1 of a species living in an ecosystem is an ______________________.

• ecology

• habitat

• individual

• food chain

• Food chain

• Food web

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