Levels of Environmental Organization

How do abiotic factors like temperature and rainfall influence the distribution of organisms in a rainforest ecosystem?Name

• Abiotic factors like temperature and rainfall have no impact on the distribution of organisms in a rainforest

• Abiotic factors like temperature and rainfall only affect the distribution of plants in a rainforest, not animals

• Abiotic factors like temperature and rainfall directly affect the distribution of organisms in a rainforest by influencing their ability to survive and reproduce in specific environmental conditions.

• Abiotic factors like temperature and rainfall influence the distribution of organisms in a rainforest by changing their genetic makeup

1. Which of the following lists include only biotic parts of an ecosystem?

• A. Rain, Grass, Seeds, Mice
• B. Sand, Air, Water, Sunlight
• C. Log, Dead Grass, Fungi, Bird
• D. Bacteria, Soil, Minerals, Worms

2. Which statement about living things and their environment is true?

• A. A seed has everything a plant needs to grow and survive.
• B. A plant gets the things it needs from its environment.
• C. Plants need only water from their environment to survive and grow.
• D. Plants make their own food, so they do not need anything from their environment.

3. A(n) _____________ is all the living and nonliving things in a particular area that interact with one another.

• A. Biome
• B. Community
• C. Ecosystem
• D. Population

4. What are groups of different populations living togther in the same place at the same time called?

• A. Community
• B. Environment
• C. Organization
• D. Interdependence

5. Which of the following correctly shows the organization in an ecosystem, from the smallest to the largest level?

• A. Community, Ecosystem, Organism, Population
• B. Ecosystem, Community, Population, Organism
• C. Organism, Population, Community, Ecosystem
• D. Population, Community, Ecosystem, Organism

6. Which of the following is an example of how an abiotic component affects a community?

• A. A wet spring leads to an increase in the frog population.
• B. A beetle from another continent kills a population of trees.
• C. A fungus infects a population of bats and many die.
• D. An increase in flies leads to an increase in the swallow population

7. When all the ecosystems on Earth are combined it is called..

• A. Biome
• B. Biosphere
• C. Ecosystem
• D. Environment

8. Which statement is true?

• A. An organism is part of a community.
• B. A community is part of a population.
• C. An ecosystem is made up of only organisms.
• D. A biome is the biotic part of an ecosystem

9. The study of how living things interact with one another and with their physical environment is known as:

• A. Ecology
• B. Ecologist
• C. Botany
• D. Zoology