bob number 3

Question 1

biotic

Answer 1

biotic components or abiotic factors are non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms and the functioning of ecosystems.

Question 2

abiotic

Answer 2

abiotic components or abiotic factors are non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms and the functioning of ecosystems.

Question 3

Population

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is a sub-field of ecology that deals with the dynamics of species populations and how these populations interact with the environment, such as birth and death rates, and by immigration and emigration.

Question 4

Community

Answer 4

a community is a group or association of populations of two or more different species occupying the same geographical area at the same time, also known as a biocoenosis, biotic community,

Question 5

Ecosystem

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An ecosystem consists of all the organisms and the physical environment with which they interact. These biotic and abiotic components are linked together through nutrient cycles and energy flows. Energy enters the system through photosynthesis and is incorporated into plant tissue.

Question 6

Biosphere

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The biosphere, also known as the ecosphere, is the worldwide sum of all ecosystems. It can also be termed the zone of life on Earth

Question 7

Herbivore

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an animal that feeds on plants.

Question 8

Carnivore

Answer 8

an animal that feeds on flesh.

Question 9

Omnivore

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an animal or person that eats food of both plant and animal origin.

Question 10

Food chain

Answer 10

A food chain is a linear network of links in a food web starting from producer organisms and ending at an apex predator species, detritivores, or decomposer species.

Question 11

Food web

Answer 11

A food web is the natural interconnection of food chains and a graphical representation of what-eats-what in an ecological community. Another name for food web is consumer-resource system.

Question 12

Energy pyramid

Answer 12

An ecological pyramid is a graphical representation designed to show the biomass or bioproductivity at each trophic level in a given ecosystem

Question 13

Carrying capacity

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The carrying capacity of an environment is the maximum population size of a biological species that can be sustained by that specific environment

Question 14

Prey

Answer 14

The prey in any ecosystem refers to the animals eaten by other animals. Different ecosystems are home to different prey species

Question 15

Predator

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Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism

Question 16

Mutualism

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symbiosis that is beneficial to both organisms involved.

Question 17

Commensalism

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Commensalism is a long-term biological interaction in which members of one species gain benefits while those of the other species neither benefit nor are harmed

Question 18

Parasitism

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the practice of living as a parasite in or on another organism

Question 19

Producers

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Producers are any kind of green plant. Green plants make their food by taking sunlight and using the energy to make sugar

Question 20

Decomposers

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an organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material.

Question 21

Desert

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A desert is a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life.

Question 22

Tundra

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In physical geography, tundra is a type of biome where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons.

Question 23

Temperate deciduous forest

Answer 23

Temperate deciduous or temperate broad-leaf forests are a variety of temperate forest ‘dominated’ by trees that lose their leaves each year.

Question 24

Tropical rainforest

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Tropical rainforests are rainforests that occur in areas of tropical rainforest climate in which there is no dry season

Question 25

Coniferous forest

Answer 25

Temperate coniferous forest is a terrestrial biome defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature.

Question 26

Savanna

Answer 26

A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close

Question 27

Temperate grassland

Answer 27

Temperate grasslands are areas of open grassy plains that are sparsely populated with trees