Interactions within the Environment

any close relationship between species

• Predation
• Symbiosis
• Parasitism
• Competition

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the study of the interactions that take place among organisms and their environment

• ecology

• biotic

• organism

• habitat

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living things within an ecosystem

• ecology

• biotic

• organism

• habitat

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one of any living things

• ecology

• biotic

• organism

• habitat

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the place where an organism lives and that provides the types of food, shelter, moisture, and temperature needed for survival

• ecology

• biotic

• organism

• habitat

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What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?

• They produce oxygen.

• They consume living plants.

• They break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients.

• They are the primary producers.

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What is the term used to describe a group of the same species living in the same area?

• Community

• Population

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

Which of the following best describes the flow of energy in an ecosystem?

• It flows from producers to consumers to decomposers.

• It cycles between the sun, plants, and animals.

• It is primarily stored in the form of chemical energy in plants.

• It flows from decomposers to consumers to producers.

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a chain that shows how energy passes from one organism to the next

• energy cycle
• food chain
• food web
• trophic level

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a complex network of many interconnected food chains and feeding relationships

• Food web
• Trophic level
• Ecosystem
• Biomass

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