Biology Unit 10: Ecology

Question 1

Ecology

Answer 1

The study of the interactions between living and nonliving things

Question 2

Population

Answer 2

A group of interbreeding organisms coexisting together

Question 3

Community

Answer 3

A group of populations living and interacting in the same area

Question 4

Ecosystem

Answer 4

An association of living organisms and their physical environment

Question 5

Biome

Answer 5

A group of ecosystems classified by climate and plant life

Question 6

Primary Consumer

Answer 6

An organisms that eats producers

Question 7

Secondary Consumer

Answer 7

An organism that eats primary consumers

Question 8

Tertiary Consumer

Answer 8

An organism that eats secondary consumers

Question 9

Ecological Pyramid

Answer 9

A diagram that shows the biomass of organisms at each trophic level

Question 10

Biomass

Answer 10

A measure of the total dry mass of organisms within a particular region

Question 11

Transpiration

Answer 11

Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant

Question 12

Watershed

Answer 12

An ecosystem where all water runoff drains into a single body of water

Question 13

Greenhouse Effect

Answer 13

The process by which certain gases (principally water vapor, carbon dioxide, and methane) trap heat that would otherwise escape the earth and radiate into space