Energy Flow, Nutrient Cycles and Ecological Relationships

What do we call the region of the globe that supports life?

• atmosphere

• geosphere

• biosphere

• aquasphere

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

All of the interacting living species in an area make up a biological

• population

• ecosystem

• community

• biome

A close relationship between two species where on benefits and the other is harmed is referred to as

• mutualism

• parasitism

• commensalism

• egotism

The nonliving things in an environment on which the living things depend are called ___________ factors

• ecological

• nicnhe

• biotic

• abiotic

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A(n)_____________ is made up a biological community and all of the abiotic factors that affect it.

• biosphere

• ecosystem

• population

• organism

The complex role of a species or an organism in an environment is referred to as its___________________

• habitat

• habit

• niche

• biome

An organism that cannot make its own food and gets its nutrients from feeding on other organisms is called a(n)______________.

• autotroph

• herbivore

• omnivore

• heterotroph

An organism that uses the energy of sunlight or inorganic chemicals to produce its own "food" is called a(n)____________.

• autotroph

• heterotroph

• omnivore

• carnivore

A heterotroph that feeds primarily on living plant material is called a(n)_______________.

• omnivore

• carnivore

• herbivore

• detritivore

A deer that feeds on the acorns from an oak tree is an example of a(n)_______________.

• First order consumer

• Second order consumer

• Third order consumer

• Producer