1. Water-storing plants and deeply rooted shrubs are plants that characterize ________. Group of answer choices deserts savanna chaparral tropical forests 2. Ecology is the study of ________. Group of answer choices human effects on the environment life interactions between organisms and their environments interactions between humans and other species 3. What is a population? Group of answer choices a community as well as all the abiotic factors in a particular geographic area all of the organisms of a species existing at a particular time a group of organisms of the same species living in a particular geographic area a group of organis 4. ________ is a critical abiotic factor that contributes to plant growth in savanna ecosystems. Group of answer choices Rain Drought Fire Wind 5. Which biome is one of the most biologically productive of all biomes? Group of answer choices open oceans estuaries temperate grasslands coniferous forests