Ecosystems Quiz

What is an ecosystem?

• The living factors that affect an ecosystem
• All the members of one kind of plant or animal
• All the living and nonliving things that exist and interact in one place

True or False? Abiotic factors are all the living factors that affect an ecosystem.

• True
• False

True or False? Biotic factors of an ecosystem are all of the nonliving components of an environment.

• True
• False

What are the three groups of biotic factors?

• Carnivores
• Producers
• Bisospheres
• Consumers
• Decomposers

An environment is everything that surrounds and ______ a living thing.

• benefits
• decreases
• affects

All the living things in an ecosystem make up a _________.

• community
• ecosystem
• environment

A population is all the members of ______ kind(s) of a plant or animal.

• two
• one
• three

A community is made up of different _________.

• species
• creatures
• populations

Living things in an ecosystem depend on each other to meet their needs. This means they are _____________________.

• Interdependent
• Isolating themselves
• Working independently

True or False? Plants play the role of producers.

• True
• False