The system of living things

Question 1

biome

Answer 1

an ecosystem that covers a large area, has certain plants and animals, and has a specific climate

Question 2

biosphere

Answer 2

the places on Earth where life is found

Question 3

community

Answer 3

all the different populations living in the same place at the same time

Question 4

ecosystem

Answer 4

all the living and nonliving things that interact in a specific place

Question 5

habitat

Answer 5

the place in which an organism lives within its ecosystem

Question 6

niche

Answer 6

the function or role of each organism in an ecosystem

Question 7

population

Answer 7

a group of one kind of organism living in one place at the same time

Question 8

Organisms get the food, water, and shelter they need for survival from their ______.

Answer 8

ecosystem

Question 9

A(n) _______ of dandelions in an ecosystem would be all the dandelions living in a field at the same time.

Answer 9

population

Question 10

An ecosystem in a field has populations of moles, grasses, wildflowers, dandelions, field mice, and mushrooms. This is the ecosystem’s _______.

Answer 10

community

Question 11

A mudskipper lives in a puddle and finds its food, water, and shelter there. This puddle is the mudskipper _______.

Answer 11

habitat

Question 12

All the rabbits living in a field are a ______.

Answer 12

population