Name Date Class

Living Things and the Environment

Write the letter of the correct answer on the line at the left.

1. Which of the following lives in a prairie 2. Which of the following is a biotic

ecosystem? factor?
A grass A temperature
B mushroom B sunlight
C oak tree C bacteria
D woodpecker D water

3. Which of the following lists the levels 4. An organism gets food, water,
of an ecosystem in order from largest to shelter, and other things it needs to
smallest? live, grow, and reproduce from its
A population, organism, community, ecosystem A population
B ecosystem, community, organism, population B habitat
C organism, community, population, ecosystem C abiotic factors
D ecosystem, community, population, organism D species

If the statement is true, write true. If the statement is false, change the underlined word
or words to make the statement true.

5. The nonliving things that interact with an organism are called

biotic factors.

6. The study of how living things interact with each other and
their environment is called ecology.

7. A group of organisms that can mate with each other and

produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce is called a species.

8. Oxygen is an abiotic factor in the environment that is

important for plants to make their own food.

9. All the organisms that live in a particular area and their

nonliving surroundings make up an ecosystem.

10. All the members of one community living in a particular area

make up a population.