ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE EXAM SCRIPT
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● Organisms
Answer: Any living thing made up of at least one cell that can live on its
own
●● Biotic
Answer: Part of the environment that includes all of the living organisms
that live and interact with one another
-all of the living parts
●● Abiotic
Answer: Part of the environment that includes the physical features of
the environment that affect the organisms living in a particular area
-any non living part
-water, sunlight, soil, temperature, etc.
●● What does every food chain or web begin with?
Answer: -a producer such as a plant that uses the sun's light to make
food for itself
,●● Population
Answer: Group of individuals of the same species that live together in
the same area at the same time
●● Community
Answer: Many populations of species that live in the same area at the
same time and interact with one another
●● Ecosystem
Answer: Made up of a community of organisms and how they interact
with the abiotic environment
-all of the living and non-living things
EXAMPLE: Forest ecosystem and all of the animals, plants, water, soil,
sun that affect it
●● Biosphere
Answer: Part of Earth where all life exists
●● Producer
Answer: -An organism that uses sunlight to make their own food
, -Also called Autotrophs
-process is called photosynthesis
Examples:
-plants
-algae
-some bacteria
●● Consumer
Answer: -An organism that eats producers or other organisms for energy
-Also called Heterotrophs
4 kinds of consumers:
-herbivores
-carnivore
-omnivore
-scavenger
●● Herbivore
Answer: -a consumer that eats plants
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● Organisms
Answer: Any living thing made up of at least one cell that can live on its
own
●● Biotic
Answer: Part of the environment that includes all of the living organisms
that live and interact with one another
-all of the living parts
●● Abiotic
Answer: Part of the environment that includes the physical features of
the environment that affect the organisms living in a particular area
-any non living part
-water, sunlight, soil, temperature, etc.
●● What does every food chain or web begin with?
Answer: -a producer such as a plant that uses the sun's light to make
food for itself
,●● Population
Answer: Group of individuals of the same species that live together in
the same area at the same time
●● Community
Answer: Many populations of species that live in the same area at the
same time and interact with one another
●● Ecosystem
Answer: Made up of a community of organisms and how they interact
with the abiotic environment
-all of the living and non-living things
EXAMPLE: Forest ecosystem and all of the animals, plants, water, soil,
sun that affect it
●● Biosphere
Answer: Part of Earth where all life exists
●● Producer
Answer: -An organism that uses sunlight to make their own food
, -Also called Autotrophs
-process is called photosynthesis
Examples:
-plants
-algae
-some bacteria
●● Consumer
Answer: -An organism that eats producers or other organisms for energy
-Also called Heterotrophs
4 kinds of consumers:
-herbivores
-carnivore
-omnivore
-scavenger
●● Herbivore
Answer: -a consumer that eats plants
