Study Jams Ecosystems

Which of the following are biotic factors in an ecosystem?

• rain, sunlight, and plants

• plants, animals, and bacteria

• temperature, animals, and plants

• animals, mineral in the soil, and rain

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What is a producer’s job in an ecosystem?

• to make food and oxygen for animals

• to help plants grow

• to break down dead plants and animals

• to eat plants and other animals and produce carbon dioxide

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What is the difference between a biotic factor and an abiotic factor?

• Biotic factors include elements like weather and temperature, while abiotic factors produce carbon dioxide and oxygen.

• Biotic factors are living things and abiotic factors are non-living things.

• Biotic factors exist in an ecosystem, but abiotic factors do not.

• Biotic factors are non-living things and abiotic factors are living things.

What is an ecosystem?

• the pattern of weather that affects a particular area

• the life cycle of a plant, from seed to flower.

• all living things in a particular environment, like a forest or a desert.

• a community of organisms that interact with their environmenet

An _______ is a community of living and non-living components in an environment.

• Environment

• Ecosystem

• Population

• Community

A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment

• ecosystem

• community

• food chain

• biodiversity

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All living things in a given area, living and non-living.

• Ecosystem

• Biotic

• Community

• Species

A community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

• ecosystem

• community

• food chain

• biodiversity

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

All the living communities in an area PLUS the abiotic factors.

• population

• ecosystem

• biome

• habitat

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The simplest grouping of more than one kind of organism in the biosphere is

• a population.

• a community.

• a species.

• an ecosystem