Ecology and Environment

An ________ is a community of different species interacting with one another and with their nonliving environment of matter and energy.

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Ecosystems contain biotic and abiotic components.

• True

• False

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Certain types of bacteria and fungi which are consumers that release nutrients from the dead bodies of plants and animals and return them to the soil, water and air for reuse are called _______.

• herbivores

• carnivores

• decomposers

• detritivores

The earth's variety of deserts, grasslands, forests, mountains, oceans, lakes, rivers, and wetlands is called ________.

• ecosystem diversity

• species diversity

• matter cycling

• functional diversity

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A process that decreases a change to a system is called _________.

• positive feedback

• negative feedback

A __________ occurs when two or more processes interact so that the combined effect is greater than the sum of their separate effects.

• tipping point

• synergistic interaction

• positive interaction

• negative interaction

The ___________ includes parts of the earth's air, water, and soil where life is found.

A group of individuals of the same species living in a particular place is called a ________.

Three factors sustain life on earth. Select them.

• the one-way flow of high quality energy from the sun

• the cycling of matter and nutrients

• nutrient movements in ecosystems and in the biosphere

• gravity

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The organisms that produce the nutrients they need from compunds and energy obtained from the environment are called _______.

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