Ecosystem Notes

What is an ecosystem? An ______ is all the living and nonliving things that exist and interact in one place.

• ecosystem

• organism

• habitat

• community

What is an ecosystem? An ecosystem describes a specific area where the organisms ______ as a unit.

• work together

• compete for food

• live separately

• ignore each other

Abiotic factors: ______ factors are all of the nonliving factors that affect an ecosystem.

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Organic

• Genetic

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Abiotic factors: To live and grow, plants and animals need ______ things.

• nonliving

• living

• colorful

• moving

Abiotic factors include ______, water, air, and sunlight.

• soil

• plants

• animals

• bacteria

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Biotic factors of an ecosystem are all of the ______ components of an ecosystem, such as plants and animals.

• living

• non-living

• chemical

• physical

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Biotic factors can be sorted into three groups: ______, consumers, and decomposers.

• producers

• predators

• herbivores

• parasites

Environment: Different ecosystems are ______ to different kinds of living things.

• home

• danger

• enemy

• barrier

Environment: A living thing can live only in an environment that meets its ______.

• needs

• colors

• shapes

• sounds

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Environment: An environment is ______ that surrounds and affects a living thing.

• everything

• nothing

• something

• a place