U7 Vocab Part 1 Practice

What is the meaning of the vocab word species?

• a specific type of organism (plant or animal)

• all abiotic things in an ecosystem

• different types of animals living in the same ecosystem

• A group of the same type of animal living in an ecosystem

Which of the follow images shows an example of a species of animal?

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What is the definition of the term ECOSYSTEM as it applies to a forest where Elijah, Avery, and Harper are studying the interactions between squirrels, trees, streams, and rocks?

• All the living and nonliving things interacting in a particular area

• The study of rocks and minerals

• A group of unrelated organisms in a specific area

• A type of weather pattern

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Which of the following options is an example of an ecosystem?

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What is the definition of the term population?

• The number of males in a group
• The total area of a region
• The average income of a community
• A group of the same type of organism living in the same area

In a forest, what does the term population refer to?

• The number of female deer in the area

• The total area of the forest

• The average income of the community around the forest

• All the oak trees living in the same forest area

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What do you think it means when a population is described as being "stable"?

Stability/stable definition: when something stays mostly the same over time

Sentence stem: I think

Consider a small town where the population has remained around 2,000 people for the past decade. What do you think it means when we describe this town's population as being "stable"?

Stability/stable definition: when something stays mostly the same over time

Sentence stem: I think

In a forest ecosystem, the population of deer had been around 300 deer for the past ten years. However, randomly, about 50 deer died. What happened to the deer population?

• The population amount of the deer remained the same.
• The population amount of the deer decreased by 50.

• The population amount of the deer increased by 50.
• The population amount of the deer doubled.

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If the population of a species has increased or decreased, it has ___________

• doubled

• decreased by a lot

• changed

• remained stable

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