Adaptaions, interdependence, Competition And Comunnities Vocab

Question 1

Biomas

Answer 1

The dry mass of organisms

Question 2

Tropic level

Answer 2

Feeding positions in a food chain

Question 3

Primary Consumer

Answer 3

1st organism in a food chain (likely to be a herbivore) that gets energy from food

Question 4

Secondary consumer

Answer 4

Organisms in a food chain that get energy from eating primary consumers

Question 5

Tertiary consumer

Answer 5

A animal that feeds on only secondary consumers (top dog)

Question 6

Carnivore

Answer 6

A animal that only eats other animals

Question 7

Omnivore

Answer 7

A Animal that eats other animals as well as plants

Question 8

Herbivore

Answer 8

A animal that feeds only on plants

Question 9

Producer

Answer 9

Organisms in a food chain that can make food using sunlight and or chemicals

Question 10

Interdependence

Answer 10

Organisms that depend on each other for survival

E.g. Plants need animals for Co2

Question 11

Species

Answer 11

Basic category of biological classification, composed of individuals that resemble one another, can breed amount themselves, but can not breed with members of other species.

Question 12

Ecosystem

Answer 12

The interaction of a community of living organisms with the non-living parts of their surroundings. A system that contains all living organism.