Living and Nonliving Environment
Interactions Among Living Organisms
Matter and Energy
Levels of Biological Organisms
Miscellaneous
100
The nonliving, physical features of the environment are called ___________ factors.
Abiotic
100
The physical location where an organism lives.
Habitat
100
This is a simple way of showing how energy in the form of food passes from one organism to another.
food chain
100
A single individual from a population.
Organism.
100
Which of the following is NOT cycled in the biosphere? nitrogen soil water carbon
soil
200
Living or once-living organisms in the environment are called __________ factors.
biotic
200
The size of a population that occupies an area of limited size is called ________.
population density
200
A series of overlapping food chains.
Food web
200
All of the individuals of one species that live and reproduce in the same area at the same time. Daily Double! This question is now worth 400 points
Population
200
Which of the following is an example of an herbivore? wolf moss tree rabbit
rabbit
300
The part of Earth that supports organisms is known as the ______________. Daily Double! This question is now worth 600 points!
biosphere
300
A ___________ is any biotic or abiotic factor that restricts the number of individuals in a population.
limiting factor
300
The transfer of energy can be modeled by an ecological _______________.
pyramid
300
Made up of populations of different species that interact in some way.
Community
300
In the water cycle, how is water returned to the atmosphere?
Evaporation
400
This is an important abiotic factor. The bodies of most organisms are 50 to 90 percent of this.
Water
400
The largest number of individuals an environment can support and maintain for a long period of time.
Carrying capacity
400
Only about ________ percent of the energy available at each level of the pyramid is available to the next level.
10
400
Consists of communities and the abiotic factors that affect them.
Ecosystem
400
In an energy pyramid, which level has the most available energy?
First
500
What is the study of the interactions that take place among organisms and between organisms and the physical features of the environment.
Ecology
500
This type of relationship is when one organism feeds on another.
predation
500
Name the 3 processes of the water cycle.
Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation
500
The highest level of biological organization. It is made up of all the ecosystems on Earth.
Biosphere
500
Coral reefs and oak-hickory forests are examples of _______________.
ecosystems
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