Biology Ecology EOC

What is the difference between biotic and abiotic?

• Biotic are non-living things

• Abiotic are living organisms

• Biotic is life,
  Abiotic is non-living

• Biotic is non-living, Abiotic is living

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What factor describes when populations decrease because animals are moving out of a population?

• Emigration

• Limiting Factors

• Immigration

• Exponential Growth

The number and variety of organisms found in a specific region is known as

• Biodiversity

• Canopy Fogging

• Resiliance

• Biome

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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This type of threat to biodiversity involves cutting down forests, draining wetlands, or generally changing a habitat so much that is is no longer usable by organisms that live there

• Overexploitation

• Invasive species

• Habitat destruction

• climate change

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

Toxic pollutants have disastrous effects on local populations. Which trophic level is often most susceptible to these pollutants?

• secondary or tertiary consumers

• primary consumers

• producers

• detritivores

• decomposers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is most likely leading to the increased overharvesting of animals & plants?

• habitat destruction

• increased number of invasive species

• increased number of species within communities

• human consumption patterns & increased population growth

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What's the main goal of the ecosystem approach for biodiversity?

• Maximize human benefits

• Save individual species

• Keep entire ecosystems healthy

• Boost endangered species populations

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The study of living organisms is...

• Biology

• Ecology

• Environmental Science

• Social Science

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Breakup of a habitat into smaller pieces, usually as a result of human activities.

• species area relationships

• precautionary principle

• speciation crisis

• habitat fragmentation

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Wild species that is still abundant in its natural range but it is likely to become endangered because of a decline in numbers.

• introduced species

• threatened (vulnerable) species

• endangered species

• invasive species