Unit 5 Part 2

Anything that limits an organism's ability to live in a particular environment is a ______________ factor.

• natural

• abiotic

• biotic

• limiting

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

This is the process of gradual, natural change and species replacement that takes place in communities of an ecosystem over time.

• Tolerance

• Cycling

• Succession

• Symbiosis

A Starfish live in saltwater ecosystems. Some species live in shallow tidal pools, while others live in the deepest parts of the oceans. This a description of the ____________ of starfish

• habitat

• niche

• community

• population

True or False: The biome the Tundra is extremely cold and dry.

• True

• False

True or False: The grassland is extremely cold and dry.

• True

• False: desert

• False: temperate rain forest

• False: tropical rain forest

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A large variety of plants grows in tropical rain forest because ____________.

• A. Many insects live there

• B. it is warm, humid, and rainy

• C. it has very good soil

• D. the forest floor is very dark

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

An organism's particular role in its habitat, or how it makes its living, is called its ___________.

• A. Niche

• B. Competition

• C. Carrying capacity

• D. Ecosystem

The Escherichia coli that live in your intestine and help break down food are an example of which type of interaction?

• predation

• mutualism

• competition

• parasitism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

An organism's habitat must provide all of the following EXCEPT ______________.

• Water

• Predators

• Food

• Shelter

When a flea is living on a dog, the dog is the ____________.

• prey

• predator

• host

• parasite