Factors of sustainability

The ​ (a)   is everything around you. It includes all the living things ​ (b)   factors (such as plants, animals, and people) and the non living things ​ (c)   factors such as air, water and sunlight. 

• environment
• Biotic
• abiotic

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Cow manure, which came from a living thing would be considered a ________ factor.

• Biotic

• Abiotic

Rain, Temperature and soil which are non-living would be considered an ____________ factor.

• Biotic

• Abiotic

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​ (a)   is an interdisciplinary study of how humans interact with the environment.

​ (b)   is branch of Biology that focuses on how living things interact with the living (Biotic)  and nonliving (​ (c)   )  parts of their environment:

• Environmental science
• Ecology
• abiotic

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Which is the study of living things

• Biology

• Study of rocks or the solid earth

• Chemistry

• study of living things

• Climatologist

• Study of matter such as atoms, chemical reactions

• meteorology

• Study of atmospheric phenomenon and effects on weather

• Geology

• study of the atmosphere and weather patterns over time

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Each organism, or living thing belongs to a ​ (a)  

A species is a group of organisms having a ​ (b)   set of characteristics that separate it from others in the same ​ (c)   .

• unique
• species
• genus

A population is the count of a species, which would be a population count

• All the trout in the stream

• All the bass, catfish and trout in a stream

• All the Cardinals and Mockingbirds in a park

Use the chart:

The Black bear, polar bears and grizzly bears are in the same genus, family, order etc...... where do they separate?

• Species

• Genus

• Family

• Order

This consists of plants, animals, and organisms that decompose organic materials, all interacting with one another and the chemicals in the forest’s air, water and soil.

It is called an

• Ecosystem

• Ecology

• Environmentalism

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Which is a social movement that wants to protect the earth

• Environmentalism

• Ecology

• Ecosystem