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1st Quarter Assessment Prep

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What types of factors are required for a stable environment?   biotic and abiotic  
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What is the main source of energy for most organisms in an environment?   the sun  
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What is the study of the interrelationships of plants and animals and their interactions with the physical environment?   ecology  
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All organisms have a specialized role called a...   niche  
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The specific place where an organism lives is called its...   habitat  
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Can different organisms share the same habitat?   yes  
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Do different organisms share the same exact niche?   no  
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What is the name of an organism that feeds off of dead animals?   scavenger  
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What is the name of an organism that hunts and kills another organism for food?   predator  
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What is the name of the organism that is eaten by a predator?   prey  
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What type of nutrition involves an organism making its own food?   autotrophic  
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What type of nutrition involves an organism consuming another organism for food?   heterotrophic  
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When more than one organism compete eat the same type of food source, what type of relationship between the organisms for that food source?   competition  
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Any number of living organisms interacting with their non-living physical environment makes up an...   ecosystem  
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In an ecosystem, symbiosis occurs between...   biotic (living) factors  
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All of the air surrounding the Earth is called the...   atmosphere  
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All of the water on the Earth is called the...   hydrosphere  
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All of the living environments on Earth make up our...   biosphere  
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What do we call all of the living factors in an environment?   biotic  
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What do we call all of the non-living factors in an environment?   abiotic  
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What type of organism makes its own food?   autotroph/producer  
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What type of organism relies on other organisms for food?   heterotroph/consumer  
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Why are decomposers so important to an ecosystem?   they recycle living things into soil for producers  
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What type of organism eats plants?   herbivore  
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What type of organism eats meat?   carnivore  
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What type of organism eats the remains of other organisms?   scavenger  
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What type of organism breaks down decaying matter?   decomposers  
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What do arrows on a food web/chain show us?   the direction that energy is flowing  
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What type of diagram shows us the greatest and truest number of relationships in an ecosystem?   food web  
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Why do a lot of different organisms living in an environment, create the greatest amount of stability for that ecosystem?   the greater the biodiversity, the greater the amount of relationships and sources of energy available to orgnaisms  
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