Ecology Levels of Organization of the Environment

The study of the interactions between animals and their environment

• Ecology

• Environment

• Symbiosis

• Community

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Which definition best fits the term biotic?

• The study of the interactions between animals and their environment

• Factors in the environment that are considered not alive

• the environment in which an organism lives.

• Factors in the environment that are considered living or the remains of living things

• The role a species plays in the ecosystem.

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Which definition best fits the term Population?

• A group or organisms of the same species that live in the same area and interact with one another.

• A group of many populations (of different species) that live and interact with one another

• A group of populations of many different species that live and interact with both one another and all of the abiotic factors in their environment.

• A set of different ecosystems that acer connected by similar geographic features and share the same or similar climate.

• Anywhere on earth that life exists.

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Which definition best fits the term community?

• A group or organisms of the same species that live in the same area and interact with one another.

• A group of many populations (of different species) that live and interact with one another

• A group of populations of many different species that live and interact with both one another and all of the abiotic factors in their environment.

• A set of different ecosystems that acer connected by similar geographic features and share the same or similar climate.

• Anywhere on earth that life exists.

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Which definition best fits the term ecosystem?

• A group or organisms of the same species that live in the same area and interact with one another.

• A group of many populations (of different species) that live and interact with one another

• A group of populations of many different species that live and interact with both one another and all of the abiotic factors in their environment.

• A set of different ecosystems that acer connected by similar geographic features and share the same or similar climate.

• Anywhere on earth that life exists.

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Which level of organization is depicted in this image?

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Biome

• Biosphere

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What are the abiotic factors in this image? 

• water, sunlight, dirt, air

• birds and plants

• water, plants, and birds 

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Which definition best fits the term habitat?

• The study of the interactions between animals and their environment

• Factors in the environment that are considered not alive

• the environment in which an organism lives.

• Factors in the environment that are considered living or the remains of living things

• The role a species plays in the ecosystem.

Which definition best fits the term niche?

• The study of the interactions between animals and their environment

• Factors in the environment that are considered not alive

• the environment in which an organism lives.

• Factors in the environment that are considered living or the remains of living things

• The role a species plays in the ecosystem.

Which definition best fits the term biome?

• A group or organisms of the same species that live in the same area and interact with one another.

• A group of many populations (of different species) that live and interact with one another

• A group of populations of many different species that live and interact with both one another and all of the abiotic factors in their environment.

• A set of different ecosystems that are connected by similar geographic features and share the same or similar climate.

• Anywhere on earth that life exists.

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