Interactions of Living Things

The environment includes _________ factors including water, rocks, and light.

• abiotic

• biotic

• non-living

• living

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The environment also includes ________, or living, factors.

• abiotic

• biotic

• biological

• ecological

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A community of organisms and their environment is called a(n) ______________.

• biosphere

• population

• neighborhood

• ecosystem

A (n) __________ is made up of __________.

• community, populations

• population, ecosystems

• ecosystem, biosheres

• organism, populations

All _________ are a part of the _________.

• ecosystems, biosphere

• populations, world

• communities, population

• biospheres, universe

________ make their own food while _______ must eat other organisms to get energy.

• Producers, consumers

• Decomposers, producers

• Consumers, producers

• Carnivores, herbivores

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A tick sucks blood from a dog. In this relationship, the tick is the _____ and the dog is the _______.

• parasite, host

• predator, host

• parasite, prey

• host, parasite

Resources such as water, food, or sunlight are likely to be limiting factors

• when a population is approaching the carrying capacity.

• when population size is decreasing.

• when predators eat their prey.

• when the population is small.

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Nature's recyclers are

• predators

• producers

• decomposers

• bacteria

A beneficial association between coral and algae is an example of

• commensalism.

• parasitism.

• predation.

• mutualism.