Lesson 2 and 3 quiz

Which factors would be nonliving inputs into a forest floor ecosystem? pg 150

• Sunlight

• rain

• soil

• sunlight and rain

Ecosystems with high biodiversity can recover from changes more easily than those with less diversity. pg 151

• true

• false

How fast does gradual changes in an ecosystem happen? pg 152

• right away

• fast

• sudden

• slowly

How fast does a sudden change to an ecosystem happen? pg 152

• Gradually

• fast

• slowly

• overtime

An event that causes changes to the living or nonliving parts of an ecosystem is called pg 152

• element

• succession

• disturbance

• ecosystem

is the process of recovery and change that happens after a disturbance. pg 154

• succession

• ecosystem

• disturbance

• element

any natural material that is used by humans. pg169

• Natural resource

• organism

• unnatural resource

any ecosystem function that provides benefits to humans. pg 170

• gradual change

• ecosystem service

• succession

• organism

any ecosystem function that provides benefits to humans. pg 172

• habitat fragment

• ecosystem

• habitat destruction

• succesion

the division of an ecosystem into smaller areas by roads, housing communities, or other development. pg 175

• organism

• habitat destruction

• ecosystem

• habitat fragment