Organisms and the Environment
Defined as a living thing
What is an organism
Part of a habitat that is living, once living and interacts with an organism
What is biotic factors
Defined as nonliving part of an organism's habitat
What is abiotic factor
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This is the term used to describe a group of organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce
What is species
This is the term used to described parts of a habitat that are living, once living and interact with an organism
What is biotic factor
Food, water, shelter, and other things it needs to live, grow and reproduce
What are things an organism gets from its environment
Nonliving part of an organism's habitat
What is an Abiotic Factor
Examples such as air, water, sunlight, soil, rocks, temperature, wind, precipitation, gravel, sand, furniture, clothing, toys, TV, fridge, etc. are
What are Abiotic factors
True or False (if false explain why). A population is all the members of one species living in a particular area
What is True
True or False: Bacteria found in soil is an example of a biotic factor
What is True
An environment that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow and reproduce
What is a habitat
What an organism interacts with in its environment
What are living and nonliving things
True of False (if False explain why): Dead plants are abiotic factors
What is False. Dead plants are biotic factors because they were once alive
A community contains more than one of these
What is species of organisms (will also accept different types of living things)
Plants are categorized as: a) decomposer b) producer c) consumer
(explain your answer)
What is "b" producer because they make their own food
Organisms have different needs for survival and reproduction
What is the reason organisms live in different habitats
Sunlight, Soil, temperature, oxygen and water make up these
What are abiotic factors
True or False (if false explain why): A community is a group of abiotic and biotic factors in a certain area
What is False. A community is different species in a certain area
This is the smallest level of organization in an ecosystem
What is an organism
All animals take in this and exhale this when they breathe
What is oxygen, carbon dioxide
Organisms interact with these two things in an environment
What is abiotic and biotic factors
Habitat refers to one organism and ecosystems refer to many organisms
What are the differences between a habitat and ecosystem
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True or False (if false explain why). Oxygen is an abiotic factor that all organisms need to survive
What is False. Plants use carbon dioxide, not oxygen
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These are the four levels of organization in an ecosystem arranged from smallest to largest
What is organism, population, community, ecosystem
This process describes how plants make food, by taking in carbon dioxide, sunlight and water
What is photosynthesis