S7L4 Vocabulary Review

What is an abiotic factor?

• An environmental factor associated with living organisms

• An environmental factor not associated with living organisms

• A factor that results from the activities of living organisms

• A factor that is always beneficial to organisms

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Which of the following best describes a predator?

• An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism

• An organism that makes its own food

• An organism that kills and eats all or part of another organism

• An organism that decomposes dead material

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What is mutualism?

• A relationship where one species benefits and the other is harmed

• A relationship where both species benefit

• A relationship where one species benefits and the other is unaffected

• A relationship where both species are harmed

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Which term describes a group of organisms of the same species living in a specific geographical area?

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Population

• Biome

What is a food web?

• A single pathway of energy transfer through a series of organisms

• A diagram showing the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem

• An organism that makes its own food

• A group of organisms that are closely related

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Which of the following is a primary consumer?

• An organism that makes its own food

• An organism that consumes producers for energy and nutrients

• An organism that feeds on secondary consumers

• An organism that decomposes dead material

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What is the carrying capacity?

• The smallest population that an environment can support

• The largest population that an environment can support at any given time

• The average population size over a year

• The number of species in a community

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Which of the following is a decomposer?

• An organism that eats only plants

• An organism that eats only other animals

• An organism that breaks down dead or decaying organisms

• An organism that makes its own food

What is a limiting factor?

• A factor that allows a population to grow indefinitely

• An environmental factor that prevents a population from reaching its full potential

• A factor that increases the carrying capacity of an environment

• A factor that has no effect on population size

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Which of the following best describes commensalism?

• A relationship where both organisms benefit

• A relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed

• A relationship where one organism benefits and the other is unaffected

• A relationship where both organisms are harmed