Ecology

Ecology is the study of how living things interact with one another and their physical _________?

• environment

• habits

• cells

• organs

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An __________ is all of the living organisms and the nonliving environment found in a particular place.

• ecosystem

• organism

• habitat

• community

A ______ is a place where an organism lives, this includes biotic & abiotic factors.

• habitat

• niche

• ecosystem

• population

What are biotic factors in a habitat?

• sunlight

• soil

• plants

• clouds

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Abiotic factors are __________ things in a habitat.

• nonliving

• living

• moving

• growing

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An ________ is an individual of one type of living thing.

• organism

• ecosystem

• habitat

• population

What is the term for all of the organisms of one type of species in one area? Example: all of the Purple sea urchins at Laguna Beach.

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

Carrying Capacity is the ______ population an area can support with its resources.

• largest

• smallest

• average

• random

An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease is called a _________.

• limiting factor

• abiotic factor

• carrying capacity

• niche

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A ______ is all of the different species that live in the same area.

• community

• population

• ecosystem

• habitat