Organization and Interactions in an Environment

Which of the following lists only BIOTIC factors?

• Mushrooms, soil, trees, rocks

• Ferns, mushrooms, worms, bacteria

• Worms, dirt, ferns, sunlight

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What is the term for the biotic and abiotic factors that work together in an area?

• organism

• population

• community

• ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the term for the various species in an area with the abiotic things on which they depend on to live?

• niche

• ecosystem

• community

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

True or False? Abiotic factors affect an organism's ability to survive and reproduce.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Biologists organize the environment into ecological layers so they can communicate about the areas more efficiently. The diagram shows an example of the organization. If biologists were discussing a community, which layer on the diagram would they most likely be referencing?

• Layer C

• Layer B

• Layer A

• Layer D

Order the following environmental levels of organization from smallest (1) to largest (6)

• Species

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Biome

all of the interacting populations in a particular area

• ecosystem

• population

• community

• drought

• Zone I only

• Zones I and II only

• Zone III only

• Zones I, II, and III

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Salinity, pH balance, and minerals are all considered -

• abiotic

• biotic

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the term for a group of organisms, all of the same species, which can interbreed and live at the same place and time?

• ecosystem

• community

• population

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4