Ecosystem Basics

What is it called when you have groups of different populations along with their abiotic factors?

• An organism

• A population

• A community

• An ecosystem

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The organisms in a community, as well as all of the nonliving aspects of the environment are a(n):

• Population

• Community

• Habitat

• Ecosystem

: a collection of all the organisms living in a particular place together with their abiotic components, such as water and air.

• Biosphere

• Biome

• Ecosystem

• Community

If there was a wildfire in the forest that destroyed the plant life, what would happen to the herbivore population?

• Herbivores would decrease due to a lack of food

• Herbivores would increase due to an increase of food

• Herbivores would not be affected

• Herbivores would decrease due to an increase in predators

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Tree

• Biotic (living)

• Abiotic (non-living)

Mushroom

• biotic (livng)

• Abiotic (non-living)

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Together, all the ecosystems on Earth form...

• a community.

• a biome.

• a biosphere.

• an Earthsphere.

What is a group of ecosystems that share similar climates and types of organisms called?

• community

• biome

• ecosystem

• biosphere

_____: the variety of life in the world, or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

• Biodiversity

• Carrying Capacity

• Limiting Factor

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The largest number of individuals that an environment can support.

• Carrying Capacity

• Biodiversity

• Limiting Factors