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1) To be considered living, an organism must contain
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2) All Living Things:
1. Are made of cells
2.
3. Respond to Stimuli
4.
5.
6. Adapt
7.
3) Match the following:
___ Animal Kingdom
___ Plant Kingdom
___Fungi Kingdom
___Protist Kingdom
___Eubacteria Kingdom
___Archaebacteria Kingdom
a. makes own food (photosynthesis)
b. unicellular, found everywhere
c. cannot make own food, decompose
d. unicellular, live in harsh environments
e. multicellular, cannot make own food
f. some are animal-like, some are plant-like
4) List the following as either Biotic (B) or Abiotic (A).
___ water flooding an area
___ algae growing on grass
___ two species of birds competing ___ birds hatching
___fire destroying land
___temperature
___deer reproducing
___rain
5) List the 5 Levels of the Environment and en example of each.
Level
Example
1.
2.
3.
4.
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5.
6) Label the following as one of the 5 levels of the environment:
a. Maple trees _______________________
b. Alligator _________________________
c. Sharks, Clown fish, Coral, Shrimp _________________________
d. The Earth _________________________
e. Deer, Wolves, Rabbits, Rocks, Sunlight, Water _______________
7) What is a limiting factor? (Definition & Example)
8) A fox eating a rabbit is an example of a __________________________
relationship.
9) Label the following as a predator or prey:
1. Fox _________________ Rabbit ________________
2. Mouse _______________ Snake _________________
3. Bird _________________ Worm _________________
4. Human _______________ Deer __________________
5. Zebra ________________ Lion __________________
10) Two packs of wolves are fighting over the same territory (land) and food
resources. This is an example of _____________________________.
11) The largest population an environment can support is its
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12) Why can’t a population of squirrels grow and grow forever?
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25
20
DEER
15
10
MOUNTAIN
LIONS
5
15
13
11
9
7
5
3
0
1
NUMBER OF DEER
OR MT LIONS
Deer & Mt Lions Population Over 15
Years
YEARS
13) Predict the carrying capacity for the deer above. _____________
14) What are two limiting factors that keep the deer at this level?
15) What would happen to the population of deer if another species of deer
were added to the ecosystem?
16) What is the relationship between the deer and wolves?
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Symbiosis
17) Fill in the following chart:
Type of Symbiosis
Definition
1.
Example
2.
3.
18) Label the following as Mutualism (M), Commensalism (C) or Parasitism (P).
1. Tick sucking blood _____
2. Clown fish and Sea Anemone ____
3. Bacteria in your intestine that break down food ____
4. Birds sitting on zebra’s back and eats the flies ____