ENV 12 - Kingdoms of Life

The ENERGY in most ecosystems comes from

• the sun
• green plants
• wind
• all of these

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Which of the following is not an ecosystem?

• telephone pole
• overgrown parking lot
• marsh
• coral reef

The organisms most likely to belong to the same species are

• people at a football game.
• bacteria inside a person’s body
• birds in a forest
• organisms in a pond

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The initial source of FOOD in most ocean and freshwater ecosystems is

• Phytoplankton
• Vertebrates
• Fish
• Insects

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Which of the following statements about an organism’s habitat is FALSE?

• Most organisms can survive if they are taken away from their habitat.
• An organism’s habitat is the place where it lives.
• A habitat has specific characteristics that an organism needs in order to live there.
• A habitat contains biotic and abiotic factors.

Which of the following best describes a POPULATION (second image)?

• members of the same species living in the same place at the same time

• all the red birds in an area

• all types of organisms living in the same place

• all members of the same species

The COMMUNITY (third image) of a pond is made up of all the

• populations of fish, insects, and other living organisms.

• habitats in and around the water.

• resources organisms need.

• abiotic factors in the water.

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Deer in Georgia and deer in South Carolina are members of the same ___, while all the deer in a forest outside HHS are a(n) ___ of deer.

• species; population
• herd; species
• population; community
• community; ecosystem

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A(n) ___ of organisms contains only one species living in the same place at the same time, but a(n) ___ contains all of the different species living in the same ecosystem at the same time.

• population; community

• community; ecosystem

• community; population

• population; ecosystem

Which of the following is not a biotic factor in an ecosystem?

• air
• roots
• insects
• leaves

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