Multiple Choice Identify the choice that
best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Which of the following is NOT considered to be one of the main component groups
that must be present to have a complete ecosystem?
a. | consumers | b. | producers | c. | decomposers | d. | transformers |
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Completion Complete each
statement.
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A ________________ includes all of the populations of organisms that live within
a defined area such as a woodland, marsh or cornfield.
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An ______________ is an individual plant, animal or other living thing.
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4.
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A _______________ is a group of similar organisms that are found in a defined
area.
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A ____________ is a group of connected ecosystems.
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An ________________ is any partially self-contained environmental and living
system.
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Matching
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Match the following definitions to their respective terms. a. | environmental science | d. | ecologist | b. | ecology | e. | environmentalist | c. | environmentalism |
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The branch of science that deals with the complex relationships among living
organisms and their environment.
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A political activist with a special interest in some aspect of the
environment.
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The study of the interactions and relationships among living organisms and the
physical and chemical features of the surroundings in which they live.
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10.
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A scientist who studies the complex relationships and interactions among living
organisms and their environment.
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