Organism Interactions in Ecosystems Quiz

Vocabulary:

All the organisms that are the same type in a certain area

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Ecosystem

• Organism

• Population

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Vocabulary:

The nonliving factors in an ecosystem

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Ecosystem

• Organism

• Population

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What abiotic factors does this tree depend on?

• Water

• Insects

• Grass

• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Vocabulary:

The living factors in an ecosystem

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Ecosystem

• Organism

• Population

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Vocabulary:

The biotic and abiotic factors that work together in an area

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Ecosystem

• Organism

• Population

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The graph here shows the populations, over several years, for two animals that share a habitat. Foxes are mammals that hunt for food, and grouse are birds, a common prey animal of foxes.

According to the data, in which year did the population of foxes show a decrease that is most likely the result of a decrease in the availability of a source of food?

• 2003

• 2005

• 2008

• 2012

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Prairie dogs are small mammals that live in underground burrows in grassland prairie ecosystems. How do prairie dogs depend on these burrows?

• The burrows provide the prairie dogs with food.

• The burrows provide the prairie dogs with shelter.

• The burrows provide the prairie dogs with water.

• The burrows provide the prairie dogs with clean air.

This picture shows

• interspecific competition

• intraspecific competition

• predation (predator - prey relationship)

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

This picture shows

• interspecific competition

• intraspecific competition

• predation (predator - prey relationship)

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

This picture shows

• interspecific competition

• intraspecific competition

• predation (predator - prey relationship)