Introduction to Ecosystems

Biotic describes _______ factors in the environment.

• nonliving

• living

• chemical

• physical

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Abiotic describes the _______ part of the environment, including water, rocks, light, and temperature.

• living

• nonliving

• biological

• chemical

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Population is a group of organisms of the same _______ that live in the same geographical area.

• species

• family

• genus

• order

Community includes all the populations of species that live in the same _______ and _______ with each other.

• habitat, compete

• area, interact

• ecosystem, fight

• region, avoid

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Ecosystem is a community of _______ and their _______ environment.

• animals, artificial

• organisms, natural

• plants, urban

• humans, built

Biosphere is the part of the Earth where _______ exists.

• life

• water

• air

• soil

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Organisms cannot survive without a supply of _______ – main source of energy for the earth is _______.

• water, wind

• food, moon

• energy, sun

• air, stars

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Producer is an organism that makes its own food (also called _______ – self feeding).

• autotroph

• heterotroph

• consumer

• decomposer

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Photosynthesis is the process by which the energy from the sun is converted into chemical energy in cellular structures called _______.

• mitochondria

• chloroplasts

• nuclei

• ribosomes

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Herbivores are consumers that eat only _______ (plants).

• animals

• fungi

• producers

• bacteria

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