Biodiversity and Sustainability

What are biotic factors?

• Factors that are NON-LIVING in an ecosystem.

• Factors that are LIVING in an ecosystem.

• Factors that are LIVING and USED-TO-BE-LIVING in an ecosystem.

• Factors that are both NON-LIVING and LIVING.

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What are abiotic factors?

• Factors that are NON-LIVING in an ecosystem.

• Factors that are LIVING in an ecosystem.

• Factors that are LIVING and USED-TO-BE-LIVING in an ecosystem.

• Factors that are both NON-LIVING and LIVING.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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Which of the following examples are biotic factors?

• Chickens

• Carbon Dioxide

• Sunlight

• Worms

• Plants

Which of the following examples are abiotic factors?

• Sunlight

• Grass

• Sand

• Water

• Air

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is biodiversity?

• The study of life in an ecosystem.

• The capability of an ecosystem to withstand stressors.

• The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

• The ability of an ecosystem to maintain its full functions and properties.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Which of the following examples show the HIGHEST biodiversity in an ecosystem?

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Which of the following examples show the LOWEST biodiversity in an ecosystem?

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What are the three factors that affect the biodiversity in an ecosystem?

• Species, DNA, Ecosystem

• Sustainability, Sunlight, Water

• Producers, Consumers, Decomposers

• Herbivores, Carnivores, Omnivores

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What is sustainability?

• The study of life in an ecosystem.

• The inability of an ecosystem to withstand stressors.

• The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

• The ability of an ecosystem to maintain its full functions and properties over long periods of time even through times of stress or disturbance on the ecosystem.

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Which of the following examples have the BEST sustainability?

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