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What is the broadest level of ecological study that includes all of Earth's ecosystems?
What is the broadest level of ecological study that includes all of Earth's ecosystems?
Which geographic region has separate but similar ecosystems characterized by a distinct climate?
Which geographic region has separate but similar ecosystems characterized by a distinct climate?
What determines the types of organisms able to live in a certain location?
What determines the types of organisms able to live in a certain location?
What consists of the biotic, or living, community and its abiotic, or nonliving, environment?
What consists of the biotic, or living, community and its abiotic, or nonliving, environment?
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What are the major biomes on Earth characterized by separate but similar ecosystems?
What are the major biomes on Earth characterized by separate but similar ecosystems?
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What is the study of the relationships between living organisms and their environment?
What is the study of the relationships between living organisms and their environment?
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Which of the following is an example of an abiotic factor in an ecosystem?
Which of the following is an example of an abiotic factor in an ecosystem?
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What is the term for a group of individuals of the same species living in the same area at the same time?
What is the term for a group of individuals of the same species living in the same area at the same time?
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Which organisms are able to make their own food from inorganic compounds using photosynthesis?
Which organisms are able to make their own food from inorganic compounds using photosynthesis?
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What is the term for animals that eat primary consumers (carnivores) or primary consumers and producers (omnivores)?
What is the term for animals that eat primary consumers (carnivores) or primary consumers and producers (omnivores)?
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What is crucial to ecosystems, playing important roles in the carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and oxygen cycles?
What is crucial to ecosystems, playing important roles in the carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and oxygen cycles?
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What term describes the energy flow between species within an ecosystem?
What term describes the energy flow between species within an ecosystem?
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What level of consumer eats animals that eat producers (herbivores)?
What level of consumer eats animals that eat producers (herbivores)?
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What is the term for all of the populations that live and interact in the same area?
What is the term for all of the populations that live and interact in the same area?
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Which organisms consume dead organisms and release nutrients back into the soil, water, and atmosphere?
Which organisms consume dead organisms and release nutrients back into the soil, water, and atmosphere?
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What flows through ecosystems from producers to consumers and back into the nutrient pool through decomposers?
What flows through ecosystems from producers to consumers and back into the nutrient pool through decomposers?
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What term describes the energy flow between species within an ecosystem?
What term describes the energy flow between species within an ecosystem?
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What is crucial to ecosystems, playing important roles in the carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and oxygen cycles?
What is crucial to ecosystems, playing important roles in the carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and oxygen cycles?
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Which of the following is an example of an abiotic factor in an ecosystem?
Which of the following is an example of an abiotic factor in an ecosystem?
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What flows through ecosystems from producers to consumers and back into the nutrient pool through decomposers?
What flows through ecosystems from producers to consumers and back into the nutrient pool through decomposers?
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What determines the types of organisms able to live in a certain location?
What determines the types of organisms able to live in a certain location?
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What level of consumer eats animals that eat producers (herbivores)?
What level of consumer eats animals that eat producers (herbivores)?
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In an ecosystem, which organisms are crucial for playing important roles in the carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and oxygen cycles?
In an ecosystem, which organisms are crucial for playing important roles in the carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and oxygen cycles?
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What term describes the feeding levels of organisms in an ecosystem, including producers, consumers, and decomposers?
What term describes the feeding levels of organisms in an ecosystem, including producers, consumers, and decomposers?
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Which of the following organisms is able to make its own food from inorganic compounds using photosynthesis?
Which of the following organisms is able to make its own food from inorganic compounds using photosynthesis?
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What is the term for all of the populations that live and interact in the same area?
What is the term for all of the populations that live and interact in the same area?
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What is the term for animals that eat primary consumers (carnivores) or primary consumers and producers (omnivores)?
What is the term for animals that eat primary consumers (carnivores) or primary consumers and producers (omnivores)?
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Which geographic region has separate but similar ecosystems characterized by distinct climates?
Which geographic region has separate but similar ecosystems characterized by distinct climates?
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What flows through ecosystems from producers to consumers and back into the nutrient pool through decomposers?
What flows through ecosystems from producers to consumers and back into the nutrient pool through decomposers?
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What is the study of the relationships between living organisms and their environment?
What is the study of the relationships between living organisms and their environment?
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What is the term for a group of individuals of the same species living in the same area at the same time?
What is the term for a group of individuals of the same species living in the same area at the same time?
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What determines the types of organisms able to live in a certain location?
What determines the types of organisms able to live in a certain location?
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