Bio Vocab

Question 1

Something living or has lived

Answer 1

Biotic

Question 2

Something that doesn’t live/never lived

Answer 2

Abiotic

Question 3

When an organism consumes another organism and only gets a little energy.

Answer 3

10% rule

Question 4

Gasses that trap heat in the atmosphere

Answer 4

Greenhouse gasses

Question 5

Different traits of ecosystems

Answer 5

Characteristics of life

Question 6

Variable that CANT be changed on its own

Answer 6

Dependant variable

Question 7

Variable that CAN be changed on its own

Answer 7

Independent Variable

Question 8

Variable that is held constant in a study to prevent it from interfering with the results.

Answer 8

Controlled variable/constant

Question 9

Thing that hunts another thing

Answer 9

Predator

Question 10

Thing that gets hunted by thing

Answer 10

Prey

Question 11

based on a feeding relationship between two species

Answer 11

Predator-Prey cycle

Question 12

defense feature like a shell

Answer 12

Mechanical defense

Question 13

Appearance that protects organism

Answer 13

Physical Defense

Question 14

Poison related defense

Answer 14

Chemical defense

Question 15

Running away or playing dead

Answer 15

Behavioral Defense

Question 16

Patterns to match bigger and stronger organisms

Answer 16

Mimicry

Question 17

is a proposition that two species which compete for the same limited resource cannot coexist at constant population values.

Answer 17

Competitive Exclusion Principle