Ecosystems

Question 1

Includes all living and nonliving things that surround and affect the organism

Answer 1

environment

Question 2

Area made up of biotic and abiotic factors where organisms interact

Answer 2

ecosystem

Question 3

groups of the same species of organisms

Answer 3

population

Question 4

all the populations that live and interact in an area

Answer 4

community

Question 5

place where an organism lives

Answer 5

habitat

Question 6

The way an organism lives and its role in its ecosystem

Answer 6

niche

Question 7

average weather in an area over time

Answer 7

climate

Question 8

the variety of species in an ecosystem

Answer 8

diversity

Question 9

nonliving

Answer 9

abiotic

Question 10

living

Answer 10

biotic

Question 11

the struggle for resources in an ecosystem

Answer 11

competition

Question 12

the type of factor that determines the size of a population

Answer 12

limiting

Question 13

list three abiotic factors

Answer 13

sun, rain, soil

Question 14

why can two species share a habitat but not a niche?

Answer 14

they would compete for resources (food)

Question 15

what happens to populations that can’t compete for resources (food, water, shelter)?

Answer 15

won’t survive

Question 16

give two examples of an organism’s niche

Answer 16

how it finds food and the climate it is best in

Question 17

if a ecosystem has a lot of organisms, there will be more WHAT available?

Answer 17

resources