Biology EOC Review

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What is competition in an ecosystem?

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The struggle between organisms for the same resources in an ecosystem.

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What is the difference between abiotic and biotic factors?

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Abiotic factors are non-living components, while biotic factors are living components of an ecosystem.

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What is the process by which plants convert sunlight into chemical energy?

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Photosynthesis

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Adaptation

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A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment.

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What is a food chain?

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A linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another.

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What do we call an organism that is killed and eaten by another organism?

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Prey

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What is the primary source of energy for ecosystems?

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The Sun.

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What includes all living and non-living things in an environment?

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Ecosystem

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Role and position a species has in its environment

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Niche

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True or False: Darwin viewed the fossil record as useful support of his theory of evolution.

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True