Biology Notes Part A; Ecology 4.01

Question 0

What is the biggest; biosphere or biome?

Answer 0

biosphere

Question 1

What is Ecology?

Answer 1

The study of the interactions of living things with each other and their environment.

Question 2

Abiotic factors

Answer 2

Nonliving things in an environment.

Question 3

Biotic factors

Answer 3

Living things in an environment.

Question 4

Producers and Autotrophs…

Answer 4

Create their own food and are mostly plants.

Question 5

Consumers and Heterotrophs…

Answer 5

Get food by consuming other organisms. They are mostly animals,

Question 6

Detritivores

Answer 6

Species that feed on dead plant matter that accumulates on the ground or at the bottom of a body of water.

Question 7

Saprotrophs

Answer 7

Species that consume the remaining organic material other scavengers or decomposers cannot, like bones, feathers, and fur.

Question 8

Detrivores and Saprotrophs both…

Answer 8

Are decomposers.

Question 9

Order the levels of the food chain.

Answer 9

Producers➡️Primary Consumers➡️Secondary Comsumers➡️Tertiary Comsumers➡️Quaternary Consumers