Question

An ecosystem is a community of biotic factors (or living factors) and abiotic factors (or nonliving factors). An ecosystem includes all of the living and nonliving factors related to a biological community. Defining the boundaries of an ecosystem can be complicated. There can be a small amount of biodiversity or a large amount of biodiversity. Biodiversity refers to the variety of life within a particular or specific ecosystem. On Earth, biodiversity is not evenly distributed. Ecosystems characterized by a large amount of biodiversity tend to be more stable than ecosystems with a small amount of biodiversity. If there is a high level of biodiversity, organisms are more likely to survive major changes or disturbances within the ecosystem.

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Match each phrase from the passage to its correct classification.
within a particular or specific
ecosystem
Defining the boundaries of
an ecosystem
to survive major changes or
disturbances
characterized by a large
amount of biodiversity

Gerund phrase

Prepositional phrase

Participial phrase

Infinitive phrase

Answer 1

- within a particular or specific ecosystem — Prepositional phrase
- Defining the boundaries of an ecosystem — Gerund phrase
- to survive major changes or disturbances — Infinitive phrase
- characterized by a large amount of biodiversity — Participial phrase