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How Living things Interact in an Ecosystem

Quiz by Caitlin Brown

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  • Q1
    plants give this off into the air so that animals and humans can use it.
    Oxygen
    30s
  • Q2
    a decrease in prey populations
    decrease in predator populations
    30s
  • Q3
    the gas that animals breathe out and plants use it for photosynthesis.
    Carbon dioxide
    30s
  • Q4
    the struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources. Example: Both deer and squirrels needing acorns for food
    competition
    30s
  • Q5
    when the populations occupy the same niche
    greatest competition occur for food and water between organisms
    30s
  • Q6
    which means all animals live in the same area and eat the same food
    Niche
    30s
  • Q7
    the ecosystem can support more types of consumers.
    Benefits of having different types of producers in an ecosystem
    30s
  • Q8
    depend on other animals of an ecosystem to hunt for food to survive.
    Predator
    30s
  • Q9
    a snake because it eats mice and is eaten by hawks.
    An example of a animal that is a predator and a prey
    30s
  • Q10
    Consumer populations would decrease because plants provide them with energy.
    If all of the plants were destroyed
    30s
  • Q11
    eats both meat and plants
    ominvore
    30s
  • Q12
    A consumer that eats only plants.
    Herbivore
    30s
  • Q13
    organisms which carry out the process of decomposition by breaking down dead or decaying organisms. These ARE VERY IMPORTANT to the quality of soil.
    Decomoposer
    30s
  • Q14
    An organism that can make its own food.
    Producer
    30s
  • Q15
    A system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment
    Ecosystem
    30s

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