5th Grade Life Science Vocab Review

What is an organism?

• A) A nonliving thing

• B) A living thing, like a plant, animal, or bacteria

• C) A type of ecosystem

What does it mean to survive?

• To stay alive

• To interact with others

• To build a shelter

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Interactions refer to how living and nonliving things ______ each other.

• affect

• ignore

• avoid

• neglect

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What is a biotic factor?

• A nonliving part of an ecosystem

• A living part of an ecosystem, like plants or animals

• A type of pollution

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An abiotic factor is a nonliving part of an ecosystem, like ______.

• water or sunlight

• trees or animals

• birds or insects

• fungi or bacteria

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Define ecosystem.

• A single living organism

• A community of living and nonliving things working together

• A type of plant

Variety refers to a range of different types of ______.

• things

• colors

• shapes

• sizes

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What is a food web?

• A single food chain

• A system of connected food chains showing how energy moves in an ecosystem

• A type of plant

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Human activity refers to things people do that affect the environment, like ______.

• farming or building

• watching TV

• reading books

• playing video games

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Pollution consists of harmful materials in the ______.

• air, water, or land

• space

• underground

• outer atmosphere

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