Quiz about Generation Genius Eco Systems

Question 1

What is the difference between the biotic and abiotic factors?

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Biotic factors are living things and abiotic factors are nonliving things.

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Biotic factors are nonliving things and abiotic factors are living things.

Question 2

Biotic can be defined as

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the living parts of an environment

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non-living parts of an environment

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rocks and water

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snakes and water

Question 3

Abiotic can be defined as?

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Non-living parts of the environment

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An organism that is alive

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Living Parts of the environment

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A new kind of Pokemon that lives with Pikachu

Question 4

A squirrel's habitat in a dead log is considered a _____factor

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Abiotic

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Biotic

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cool

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secret

Question 5

Temperature is a _________factor

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Abiotic

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Biotic

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living

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cool

Question 6

Soil is an example of a

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Abiotic factor

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Biotic factor

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competition

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herbivorous

Question 7

The direction of the flow of energy in a food web is represented by ___.

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Arrows

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Light bulbs

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Dotted Lines

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Bubbles

Question 8

What does every food chain start with?

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sun

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producers

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consumer

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decomposers

Question 9

Energy increases as you move up the food pyramid (from bottom to top).

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False

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True

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT a consumer

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grass

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dog

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shark

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fish

Question 11

A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem is a ____________

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food web

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ecosystem

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environment

Question 12

What percentage of energy is passed on to each tropic level?

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10%

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50%

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90%

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100%

Question 13

A frog eats a fly. The frog and fly are demonstrating ________.

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predator/prey

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mutualism

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competition

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parasitism

Question 14

Trophic levels are represented by

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pyramids

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squares

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circles

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lines

Question 15

Which animal is the apex predator?

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hawk

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lizard

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snake

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grass

Question 16

Why is a shark a carnivore.

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because it eats other animals

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because it eats seaweed

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because it eats dead animals

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because it eats sand

Question 17

In the energy pyramid here, how much of the energy in each level gets lost as heat or used by the organism for survival?

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90%

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80%

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10%

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20%

Question 18

An organism that gets energy from breaking down dead organisms, non-living material or waste is a(an) ___________.

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decomposer

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producer

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consumer

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autotroph

Question 19

What type of factor is this?

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Abiotic

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Biotic

Question 20

What is the condition of the Earth's atmosphere at a certain time and place?

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weather

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climate

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temperature

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air pressure

Question 21

What word describes the layer of gasses thsat surround the earth?

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Atmosphere

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Climate

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Clouds

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Ecology

Question 22

Which list consists of abiotic factors only?

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Atmosphere, soil, climate, water

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Soil, water, cactus, atmosphere

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Sun, temperature, soil, bamboo

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Water, catfish, weather, soil

Question 23

An organism that hunts its food

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Predator

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Prey

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Hunter

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Gather

Question 24

An organism that is hunted for food

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Prey

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Predator

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Gather

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Hunter

Question 25

- A close, prolonged association between two or more different species
- One always benefits, while the other one either benefits, is not affected, or is harmed

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Symbiotic Relationship

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Host

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Commensalism

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Parasitism

Question 26

One organism benefits while the other is harmed +/-

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Parasitism

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Commensalism

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Mutualism

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Symbiotic Relationship

Question 27

Autotrophs like plants, make their own food through

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photosynthesis

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anerobic respiration

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aerobic respiration

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lactic acid fermentation

Question 28

Which one is NOT an example of a decomposer?

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leaves

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mushroom

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mold

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worm

Question 29

An organism that creates its own food through the process of photosynthesis is called a -

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producer

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decomposer

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prey

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consumer

Question 30

A tapeworm lives in human intestines absorbing the nutrients that would normally be absorbed by the person.  This eventually causes the person to experience health problems.  This relationship is -

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parasite/host

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predator/prey

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herbivore/omnivore

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consumer/producer

Question 31

What is a food web?

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A system of interconnecting chains linked together to show the feeding relationships of organisms in an ecosystem.

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A system of intraconnecting chains linked together to show the feeding relationships of organisms in an ecosystem.

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A system of interlocking chains that show a relationship between non-living things.

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A system on intralocking chains that show a relationship between non-living things.

Question 32

What type of organism always starts the food chain?

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Producer (Plants)

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Consumers (Organisms)

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Predators (Organisms)

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Decomposers

Question 33

What type of organism always ends the food chain?

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Decomposers

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Producer (Plants)

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Consumers (Organisms)

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Predators (Organisms)

Question 34

What is a carnivore?

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An organism that only eats other animals

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An organism that only eats plants

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An organism that eats plants and animals

Question 35

What is a omnivore?

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An organism that eats plants and animals

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An organism that only eats plants

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An organism that only eats other animals

Question 36

Choose the producer.

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tree

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rock

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cow

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bird

Question 37

Explain the flow of energy in this food chain (who passes energy to who).

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The grass gives energy to the grasshopper. The grasshopper gives energy to the mouse. The mouse gives energy to the snake who gives energy to the hawk.

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The hawk gives energy to the snake. The snake gives energy to the mouse. The mouse gives energy to the grasshopper who gives energy to the grass.

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The mouse gives energy to the hawk. The snake gives energy to the grasshopper. The grass gives energy to the snake.

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The grass gives energy to the grasshopper. The mouse gives energy to the grasshopper. The mouse gives energy to the snake and to the hawk.

Question 38

Which of the following acts as secondary consumer?

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Mouse

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Grass

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Grasshopper

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Owl

Question 39

Deforestation causes all of the following except:

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Significant economic benefit for indigenous peoples

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Loss of minerals in the soil

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Loss of important species

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Climate change

Question 40

Fishermen have harvested certain fish to the point where the population of that fish is decreasing. This level of direct harvesting could cause

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ecosystems to be severely damaged

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ecosystems to be improved for future generations

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the restoration of environmental stability

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all other fish species to increase in number

Question 41

In a meadow ecosystem, a population of rabbits increases. What populations are most likely to increase as a result?

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foxes, hawks, and other predators of the rabbits

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leafy plants that rabbits eat

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rabbits that live elsewhere

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worms that live in the meadow soil

Question 42

When organisms move into and join a new population

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Immigration

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Birth Rate

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Death Rate

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Emigration

Question 43

When organisms leave a population and move away

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Emigration

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Immigration

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Birth Rate

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Death Rate

Question 44

Number of births each year per 1,000 people

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birth rate

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population growth

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population density

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migration

Question 45

In order for population to grow

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birth rate must be higher than death rate

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death rate must be higher than birth rate

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heart rate must be lower than death rate

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birth rate must equal death rate

Question 46

Decomposer organisms break down dead organisms, providing energy to carnivores

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false

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true

Question 47

What is the ultimate source of energy in any food chain?

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the sun

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producers

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consumers

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decomposers

Question 48

Herbivores eat only meat.

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false

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true

Question 49

Food flows along a food chain from consumers to producers to decomposers.

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false

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true

Question 50

Which situation is a biotic factor operating within an ecosystem?

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carnivores that eat other animals

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the kind of climate in a given region

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the concentration of hydrogen gas in the air

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the rate of water flow in a body of water

Question 51

Weather (such as rain) and soil conditions are considered to be part of the ____________ factors of an ecosystem.

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abiotic

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biotic

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antibiotic

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biomass

Question 52

All the nonliving things in an environment are called the ________ factors.

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abiotic

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biotic

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ecological

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inorganic

Question 53

All are considered to be abiotic factors EXCEPT

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predators

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moisture

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air currents

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temperature

Question 54

During a long period when there is no rainfall, a mountain lion may temporarily leave its usual hunting territory to drink from a farm pond. To what is this behavior probably due?

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the change in an abiotic factor in its environment

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its need to find different foods to eat

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its need to find a new habitat

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the change in a biotic factor in its environment

Question 55

What is an example of a biotic factor?

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grass

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water

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soil

Question 56

Which of these phrases describes the biotic factors of an ecosystem?

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any living part of an environment

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the number of individual organisms in each trophic level of an ecosystem

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an organism that eats only meat

Question 57

What is a habitat?

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The place where an organism lives

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A group of organisms that share most characteristics and can breed with one another

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All organisms of a species that live in the same place at the same time

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All of the populations that live in an area at the same time

Question 58

All organisms of a species that live in the same place at the same time is called

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population

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species

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predation

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habitat

Question 59

____________________ is the number of individuals of a species that an ecosystem can support

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Carrying Capacity

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Competition

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Species

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Ecosystem

Question 60

What does the picture show?

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A Food Chain

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A Food Web

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An Ecosystem

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A nice scenery

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