bio lab quiz 10

Question 1

ecology

Answer 1

study of the interrelationship between organisms and their environment

Question 2

environmental science

Answer 2

a multidisciplinary study including the scientific as well as social impact of humans upon Earth

Question 3

population

Answer 3

group of organisms that consists of indivuduals of the same species living in a given area

Question 4

habitat

Answer 4

home organism lives in

Question 5

niche

Answer 5

organism role in the environment

Question 6

community

Answer 6

organisms interacting with other species

Question 7

ecosystem

Answer 7

consists of the biological community and non living environment

Question 8

biotic

Answer 8

biological/living community of ecosystem

Question 9

abiotic

Answer 9

nonliving/environment part of the ecosystem

Question 10

biosphere

Answer 10

all of earths ecosystems

Question 11

keystone species

Answer 11

species that play a critical role in maintaining a healthy ecosystem despite the fact that their biomass is disproportionate to their value to the ecosystem