Living Environment Pre-Assessment

A non-living component of an ecosystem that affects the survival of an organism is called 

• abiotic.
• biotic.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A non-living component of an ecosystem that affects the survival of an organism is called 

• abiotic.
• biotic.

Rocks are not living because

• they never move
• they aren't needed for humans
• they are not made of cells
• they don't break down

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

The study of life.

• biology
• biosphere
• DNA
• metabolism

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NGSS.HS-LS1-2

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Which process of the carbon cycle removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere? 

• photosynthesis
• cellular respiration
• combustion of fossil fuels 
• death and decomposing organisms 

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

An organism that makes its own food.

• Consumer
• Producer

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

An organism that cannot make its own food.

• Consumer
• Producer

Highest level of biological organization-all parts of the Earth.

• Biosphere
• Ecosystem
• Population
• Community

Community and the abiotic factors that affect it.

• Population
• Ecosystem
• Biosphere
• Organism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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The study of the interactions between organisms and the biotic and abiotic components of their environment.

• Economics

• Zoology

• Biology

• Ecology

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1