An ecological succession that begins in an area where no biotic community previously existed is called _________.

• primary succession

• secondary succession

• tertiary succession

• climax community

Succession following a disturbance that destroys a community without destroying the soil is known as _________

• secondary succession

• primary succession

• tertiary succession

• climax succession

Fill in the blank: One of any living organism is referred to as an _________

• organism

• animal

• plant

• cell

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Place where an organism lives and that provides the type of food, shelter, moisture and temperature needed to survive is called a _________.

• habitat

• ecosystem

• niche

• biome

A chain showing how energy passes from one organism to the next is known as a _________

• food chain

• energy cycle

• nutrient path

• life web

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Fill in the blank: The largest number of individuals of a particular species that an ecosystem can support over time is called _________.

• carrying capacity

• population limit

• environmental threshold

• species maximum

Large geographic areas with similar climates and ecosystems, such as tundra, desert, tropical rainforest, temperate rainforest, grassland, arctic tundra, temperate deciduous forest, are known as _________.

• biomes

• continents

• countries

• regions

Anything that can limit the size of a population, including living and nonliving features of an ecosystem, such as predators or drought, is called a _________.

• limiting factor

• ecosystem

• habitat

• population

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Shows the direction in which energy flows. As the amount of available energy decreases, the pyramid gets smaller. Each layer on a pyramid is called a trophic level. This is known as an _________

• energy pyramid

• food chain

• biomass pyramid

• ecological succession

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The transfer of energy from one organism to another through food webs is called _________.

• energy flow

• photosynthesis

• respiration

• decomposition

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