Populations and Communities

One example of competition among members of a meerkat population is

• fighting over mates

• warning others of danger

• huddling together to stay warm

• teaching young to search for food

All of the living and nonliving things that interact in a particular area

• solar system

• Ecosystem

• geosphere

• kingdom

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The place where an organism lives and that provides the things that the organism needs

• organism

• community

• niche

• population

The living parts of the ecosystem. Anything living or once was living.

• Abiotic components
• Non-living parts
• Inorganic components
• Biotic components

The nonliving parts of the ecosystem. Includes water, sunlight, oxygen, temperature

• Abiotic factors
• Ecosystem components
• Living organisms
• Biotic factors

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Match the terms to its meaning

• organism

• All of the members of one species in a particular area

• population

• an individual living thing that carries on the activities of life

• ecosystem

• All of the different populations that live together in a particular area

• community

• a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

• biome

• an area classified according to the species that live in that location

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The study of how living things interact with one another and with their environment

• geology

• ecology

• zoology

• pathology

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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Refers to the number of individuals in a particular area

• overpopulation

• community

• population density

• volume

Counting the number of organisms in a small area and then multiplying to find the number in a larger area

• direct observation

• indirect observation

• sampling

• observation

The following are some defense strategies of organisms EXCEPT?

• camouflage

• protective covering

• eating and sleeping

• mimicry

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