Organisms and the Environment
Habitat
Abiotic Factors
Ecological Organization
Biotic Factors
100
Defined as a living thing
What is an organism
100
Part of a habitat that is living, once living and interacts with an organism
What is biotic factor
100
defined as nonliving part of an organism's habitat
What is abiotic factor
100
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
100

This is the term used to described parts of a habitat that are living, once living

What is biotic factor

200
What do living organisms need from their environment to survive?

energy, food, water, shelter

200
Nonliving part of an organism's habitat
What is an Abiotic Factor
200
These are examples of 3 abiotic factors that you might find in your environment
What is (examples) air, water, sunlight, soil, rocks, temperature, wind, precipitation, gravel, sand, furniture, clothing, toys, TV, fridge, etc
200
True or False (if false explain why). A population is all the members of one species living in a particular area
What is True
200
True or False: Bacteria found in soil is an example of a biotic factor
What is True
300
An environment that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow and reproduce
What is a habitat
300
What an organism interacts with in its environment
What are living and nonliving things
300
True of False (if False explain why): Dead plants are abiotic facotrs
What is False. Dead plants are biotic factors because they were once alive
300
A community may contain more than one of these
What is species of organisms (will also accept different types of living things)
300
Plants are categorized as (explain why you choose your answer) a) decomposer b) producer c) consumer
What is "b" producer because they make their own food
400
Organisms have different for survival and reproduction
What is the reason organisms live in different habitats
400
Sunlight, Soil, temperature, oxygen and water make up these
What are abiotic factors
400
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
400

This is the smallest level of organization in an ecosystem

What is an individual organism

400
all animals take in this and exhale this when they breathe
What is oxygen, carbon dioxide
500

Ecosystems components are either ________


What is abiotic and biotic factors

500
The major difference between a habitat and ecosystem
What is that habitat refers to one organism and ecosystems refer to many organisms
500
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
500
These are the four levels of organization in an ecosystem arranged from smallest to largest
What is organism, population, community, ecosystem
500
This process describes how plants make food, by taking in carbon dioxide, sunlight and water
What is photosynthesis
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