VA Science SOL 4.3 Ecosystems and Classification

The populations of species that live in the same place at the same time together make up a _____.

• species

• community

• organism

• habitat

All the organisms of the same species that live in the same place at the same time are a _____.

• population

• sphere

• habitat

• community

Ecosystems and their characteristics are the result of complex interactions among Earth’s systems.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

The interactions within an ecosystem is based on using energy from the _____.

• Earth

• Sun

• air

• water

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The greatest amount of energy in an ecosystem is in the _____.

• consumers

• producers

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NGSS.5-LS2-1

The Sun’s energy cycles through ecosystems from _____ through _____ and back into the nutrient pool through decomposers.

• producers, consumers

• consumers, producers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A food chain shows

• energy passed as one organism eats another.

• many food chains interconnected.

• which animal is the best.

• how to classify animals.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A food web shows

• energy passed as one organism eats another.

• many food chains interconnected.

• which animal is the best.

• how to classify animals.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A niche is the role that an organism performs in the food web of a community.

• True

• False

A niche is

• the place where an animal or plant naturally lives.

• the role that an organism performs in the food web of that community.

• a type of lizard.

• the same species living in the same place at the same time.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2