Biology Survival Key Words

Question 1

Individual

Answer 1

A single organism

Question 2

Extinct

Answer 2

Population no longer exists

Question 3

Ecosystem

Answer 3

A community of organisms along with all the abiotic factors

Question 4

Population

Answer 4

All the organisms of the same species in a habitat

Question 5

Community

Answer 5

All the organisms of different
species living in a habitat

Question 6

Biotic

Answer 6

Living factors that affect an ecosystem

Question 7

Abiotic

Answer 7

Non-living factors that affect an
ecosystem

Question 8

Habitat

Answer 8

The place where organisms live

Question 9

Sampling

Answer 9

A technique used to estimate the number or distribution of organisms/species in an
ecosystem

Question 10

Quadrat

Answer 10

A square frame that is placed on the ground and used to count the number of organisms/species

Question 11

Belt Transect

Answer 11

Tape measure placed on the ground, allowing organisms/species to be
counted at regular intervals

Question 12

Systematic Sampling

Answer 12

Allows us to see how the distribution of a species changes as the habitat changes

Question 13

Independent Variable

Answer 13

The thing you change in an experiment

Question 14

Dependent Variable

Answer 14

The thing you measure in an experiment

Question 15

Control Variables

Answer 15

The things that must be kept the same in an experiment

Question 16

Producers

Answer 16

Organisms that make their own food

Question 17

Consumers

Answer 17

Organisms that cannot make their own food and so have to gain nutrition from other
organisms

Question 18

Biomass

Answer 18

What makes up living things

Question 19

Endothermic

Answer 19

A reaction that takes in energy

Question 20

Competition

Answer 20

Where an organism is trying to be more successful than another so that it can survive to reproduce

Question 21

Interdependence

Answer 21

The dependence of two or more living things on each other

Question 22

Mutualistic

Answer 22

A relationship that is beneficial to both organism

Question 23

Parasitic

Answer 23

A relationship that is only beneficial to one of the organisms

Question 24

Biodiversity

Answer 24

A measure of how many different species live in an ecosystem

Question 25

Conservation

Answer 25

The protection of a species or area

Question 26

Non-Indigenous Species

Answer 26

A species that is not naturally found in that habitat