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Ecology

A type of wetland featuring grasses, reeds and other plants in shallow water.
Marsh
Swamp
Estuary
Savanna
Marsh
All living and nonliving parts of an environment found in a specific location.
habitat
ecosystem
biome
population
ecosystem
The combined portions of Earth in which all living things exist is called the
ecosystem
hydrosphere
biome
biosphere
biosphere
Match biotic and abiotic factors.
biotic factor
grass
Match biotic and abiotic factors.
abiotic factor
air
The non-living aspects of an Ecosystem are
abiotic factors
biotic factors
abiotic factors
The original source of almost all energy in most ecosystems is
nitrogen
sunlight
carbon dioxide
water
sunlight
Permanently frozen subsoil found in the tundra is called:
mantle
taiga
fauna
permafrost
permafrost
A hierarchical series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food.
foodchain
prey
evolution
predator
foodchain
Ffit of a species living under specific environmental conditions is called:
niche
biome
enviroment
ecosystem
niche
Large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat is:
ecosystem
biome
niche
biosphere
biome
Green plants are ( mostly)
carnivores
omnivores
producers
herbivores
producers
The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle is
hydrosphere
litosphere
biosphere
geosphere
litosphere
A mixed woodland grassland ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close is:
taiga
savannah
estuary
tundra
savannah
Which organism in this food chain would be considered a secondary consumer?
octopus
shark
small fish
zooplankton
small fish
Which organism in this food chain would be considered an apex predator?
grass
grey wolf
rabbit
beetle
grey wolf