Unit D - Worksheet 1

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1.What is ecology?

What is ecology?

• The study of how organisms interact with their environment and other organisms.

• The study of how organisms interact with each other.

• The study of how organisms interact with their physical surroundings.

2. What is an ecosystem?

What is an ecosystem?

• A community of living things and the environment in which they live.

• A community of non-living things and the environment in which they live.

• A community of living things and the environment in which they don’t live.

• A community of non-living things and the environment in which they don’t live.

3. What does biotic mean? What does abiotic mean?

What is the living part of an environment referred to as?

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Inorganic

• Organic

What is the nonliving part of the environment referred to as?

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Inorganic

• Organic

4. What is a food chain?

What is a food chain?

• A group of different species that live together in a defined area.

• A group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area.

• A linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another.

• A group of different populations that live together in a defined area.