Ecosystem, Organisms

A collection of organisms that belong to different populations but all live in the same area and interact with one another.

• Population
• Ecosystem
• Community
• Ecosphere

Which of the following best describes a community?

• sharks, groupers, anemones and shrimp on a coral reef
• decorator crabs on the seafloor
• loggerhead sea turtles in Atlantic
• prairie grassland in Wyoming

Nonliving elements in an ecosystem are called _______________. 

• biotic factor
• abiotic factor
• limiting factor
• carrying capacity 

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Bio means _________.

• non-living

• not/without

• life

• earth

Is a deer an abiotic or biotic factor? 

• abiotic
• biotic

Is a mushroom an abiotic or biotic factor? 

• abiotic
• biotic

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Is a soil an abiotic or biotic factor? 

• abioitic
• biotic

Is sunlight an abiotic or biotic factor? 

• abiotic
• biotic

Which of the following is the most simple level of an ecosystem?

• A community

• An organism

• A population

• An ecosystem

TRUE or FALSE: A community includes all abiotic and biotic factors.

• TRUE
• FASLE

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