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A class studies a tide pool and then the Amazon rainforest, and calls both by the same term. Both are examples of an:Read the answer and worked solution →Land ecosystems are gathered into large categories such as desert and tundra. Those categories are called:Read the answer and worked solution →A pupil lists examples of them: tropical rainforest, savanna, grassland, temperate forest, tundra and:Read the answer and worked solution →Plants make their own food from sunlight rather than eating anything. Organisms that can do this are:Read the answer and worked solution →

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A class studies a tide pool and then the Amazon rainforest, and calls both by the same term. Both are examples of an:

  1. Ecosystem
  2. Escarpment
  3. Equipment
  4. Enclosure
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Correct answer: A. Ecosystem

1. Each has living things interacting with their surroundings. 2. Size does not decide the label, from a tide pool to a rainforest. 3. Both are ecosystems. _Source: OpenStax Concepts of Biology, Chapter 20, Ecosystems and the Biosphere._

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Land ecosystems are gathered into large categories such as desert and tundra. Those categories are called:

  1. Barrows
  2. Biomes
  3. Bylaws
  4. Bureaus
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Correct answer: B. Biomes

1. Each category covers many separate ecosystems with a shared character. 2. Climate and vegetation define which category a place falls into. 3. Those large categories are biomes. _Source: OpenStax Concepts of Biology, Chapter 20, Ecosystems and the Biosphere._

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A pupil lists examples of them: tropical rainforest, savanna, grassland, temperate forest, tundra and:

  1. Desert
  2. Dockyard
  3. District
  4. Doorway
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Correct answer: A. Desert

1. The list covers the main land types by climate. 2. The missing one is the hot, very dry type. 3. It is desert. _Source: OpenStax Concepts of Biology, Chapter 20, Ecosystems and the Biosphere._

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