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Question 1

Hierarchy of biological complexity

Answer 1

1. Biosphere
2. Biome
3. Ecosystem
4. Community
5. Population
6. Organism

Question 2

Biosphere

Answer 2

Region where all living things are found on Earth

Question 3

Biome

Answer 3

Large naturally occurring communities of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat

Question 4

Ecosystem

Answer 4

System formed by a community of living organisms interacting with each other in a particular place and time with physical surroundings

Question 5

Biotic

Answer 5

Living/once living

Question 6

Abiotic

Answer 6

Non-living

Question 7

Community

Answer 7

Ecological grouping of different/multiple species that live together in a particular place and time and interact together

Question 8

Population

Answer 8

Group of individuals belonging to the same species in a shared region

Question 9

Organism

Answer 9

An individual form of life

Question 10

Habitat

Answer 10

the physical place in which something lives

Question 11

Niche

Answer 11

The role an organism plays within an ecosystem

Question 12

Ecosystem vs community

Answer 12

1.
E: Include biotic and abiotic factors
C: Only include biotic factors
2.
E: Formed by multiple communities
C: Formed by different species

Question 13

Energy input

Answer 13

mostly sunlight

Question 14

Photosynthesis

Answer 14

energy form of sunlight used to convert carbon dioxide and water into chemical energy in the form of glucose

Question 15

Chemosynthesis

Answer 15

process where glucose is made by bacteria using chemicals as an energy source

Question 16

Producers

Answer 16

organisms capable of producing complex organic compounds from simple inorganic molecules

Question 17

Self-sustaining ecosystem

Answer 17

system that can be maintained into the future largely without input from outside the system

Question 18

Consumers

Answer 18

organisms that receive energy by consuming other organisms

Question 19

Decomposers

Answer 19

organisms that break down organic matter into simple mineral ingredients