Interactions of Living Things Chapter 9

Matching Match the items to the corresponding definition or concept. Each term isused only once. an area that contains ecosystems with similar biotic and abiotic features Ecosystem largest number of one species that an ecosystem can support over time carrying capacity growth of a population under perfect conditions with no limiting factors biotic potential living and nonliving things interacting in one place Biome two organisms living in a close relationship over a long period of time symbiotic relationship Where do producers get energy? from sunlight from consumers from water and soil Which activity adds carbon to the environment? transpiration photosynthesis burning fossil fuels Food Chain Write if it is a producer or consumer. Remember it can be primary consumer, secondary consumer or tertiary consumer. (write them all with lower case letters) producer primary consumer secondary consumer tertiary consumer Identify one of the following as a population: a herd of zebras on a grassland; thezebra herd and the grass of the grassland; the female zebras in the herd only. Explainyour choice. Explain how a community and an ecosystem are related. Write examples of two biotic and two abiotic factors in a pond habitat. Draw a grasshopper, a plant, and a bird. Label the producer and the two types ofconsumers in the diagram.