Enviro. Sci 1st Semester Final

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Are biotic factors the nonliving parts of an environment, like water and wind?

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False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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What is genetic drift?

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Genetic drift occurs by chance alone.

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What are temperature, light, air, and water classified as in an environment?

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Abiotic factors.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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What type of data is counting the number of ants in an ant colony?

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Quantitative data.

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Using the 10% Rule, if there are 100,000 units of energy at the producer level, how much energy is available to secondary consumers?

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1,000 units.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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What are abiotic factors?

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Nonliving components of an environment, such as water, air, and minerals.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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What are biotic factors?

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Living components of an environment, such as plants, animals, and microorganisms.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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Define natural selection.

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The process where organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.

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What is the 10% Rule in ecology?

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Only about 10% of the energy from one trophic level is transferred to the next level.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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What is an ecosystem?

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A community of living organisms and their interactions with their abiotic environment.