Ecosystems Generation Genius

Environments include both _____ and _____ things.

• resources; factors

• air; water

• living; nonliving

• buildings; animals

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Ecosystems depend on organisms to ________ with each other to maintain stability.

• interact

• build

• eat

• grow

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Air, water, and sunlight are all ________ components of an ecosystem.

• factors

• nonliving

• man-made

• living

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Wildlife biologists study _____

• populations in ecosystems

• only wild animals

• only plants

• farm animals

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What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?

• They produce oxygen

• They consume living plants

• They break down dead material and waste

• They control the population of species

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What is biodiversity?

• The pollution in ecosystems

• The variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem

• The number of trees in a forest

• The amount of water in an ocean

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An invasive species is a plant or animal that is ________ to an ecosystem.

• not native

• just visiting

• beneficial

• not friendly

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Which of the following would have a negative impact on an ecosystem

• deforestation

• planting trees

• recycling paper

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For populations to continue to survive, some organisms in the population must _________.

• grow

• reproduce

• eat

• die

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Plants compete for air, water, ________ within ecosystems.

• space, and sound

• sunlight, and wind

• space, and sunlight

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