Organisms and Environments Vocabulary

Populations of frogs, Koi fish, water lilies, Heron, and turtles can be found living in or near a pond ecosystem. Together, these populations make up _________ .

• An envirnonment

• A habitat

• A community

• A species

Why aren't penguins found living in desserts and cacti found living in the arctic tundra?

• To survive, organisms must live in ecosystems where their basic needs can be met.

• It is impossible for organisms to travel from one ecosystem to another ecosystem on the Earth.

• People decide where organisms live on the Earth.

• These animals were trapped in certain areas during migration.

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Grizzly Bears that live in the same forest at the same time form a(n) ___________.

• Population

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Habitat

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A flood destroys almost all of the animals' homes in a nearby forest, forcing many animals to live in a smaller area or to move somewhere else entirely. Since the flood, which basic need is probably NOT being met by the forest habitat?

• The need for air.

• The need to reproduce.

• The need for water.

• The need for shelter.

What are TWO likely reasons why the striped skunk has a much greater population in the wild than the giant panda?

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Trees in a rainforest are dependent on many nonliving resources for srvival. The table shows the heights of several trees found in a rainforest ecosystem.
The nonliving resource the trees are most likely competing for is...

Los árboles en un bosque tropical dependen de muchos recursos no vivos para sobrevivir. La tabla muestra las alturas de varios árboles encontrados en un ecosistema de bosque tropical.

El recurso no vivo por el cual es mas probable que compitan los árboles es...​ (a)  

• Sunlight/Luz del sol

• Food/Alimento

• Wind/Viento

• Water/Agua

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We are raising​ ​​ (a)   trout in our tank.

• Rainbow

• Brown

• Golden

• Brook

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Which of the following human activities is NOT harmful for the organisms living in an environment?

• Clearing the forest to build houses.

• Planting trees where old trees were cut down.

• Releasing chemicals into the air.

• Building highways through a forest.

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Animals that help break down the dead organisms that fall to the ground are called _________.

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• Scavengers

What would most likely happen to the grasshopper population if the frogs were removed from this food chain?

• There will be an increase in the grasshopper population.

• There will be a decrease in the grasshopper population.

• The grasshopper population will stay the same.

• The grasshoppers will begin eating the snakes.

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