Ecology Organization

The Study of the relations of organisms to one another and their physical environment.

• Biology

• Sociology

• Psychology

• Ecology

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Select the examples of biotic things

• Plants

• Soil

• Sun

• Animals

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A Community is all the biotic things that live together in a certain area.

• True

• False

A Population is a group of organisms of 1 type that live in the same area

• True

• False

Match the following definitions and terms.

• Community

• All the interacting species in an area; includes only the biotic factors and excludes the abiotic factors in an area.

• Ecosystem

• All living things and the physical environment with which they interact in a particular area; all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area.

• Population

• Members of the same species that live in the same area at the same time.

• Biosphere

• An individual life form.

• Organism

• Consists of all the Earth’s biotic and abiotic factors or living and once-living things and the physical environment with which they interact; the sum of all ecosystems on Earth.

What level of organization can be observed in the image?

• Species

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

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Labe the diagram with the following terms.

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

Ecosystem

Biosphere

Organism

Community

Biome

Population

Biotic

Abiotic

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Match the following terms with the correct definition/description:

• Multiplespecies that are foundat LAke St. Clair

• Organism

• Groups of populations AND the envrionment they live in

• Population

• A group of rabbits in the same neighborhood

• Ecosystem

• A singular individual (Such as a squirrel or bird)

• Community

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The portion of the planet in which living things are found

• ecosystem

• biosphere

• biome

• atmosphere

Answer explanation

The correct answer is 'biosphere' because it refers to the portion of the planet where living things are found, encompassing all ecosystems and biomes.

Match the following terms with the definition.

• Ecosystem

• All organisms of ONE type of species within an ecosystem.

• Community

• All the living and non-living things on Earth.

• Population

• All organisms of ALL types of species within an ecosystem.

• Biosphere

• Any single living thing

• Organism

• The combination of biotic, abiotic, and their interactions with on another.