Book 3 Chpt 1 Les 1-3

Question 1

Ecology

Answer 1

The study of the interactions of living organisms with one another and with their environment

Question 2

Biotic

Answer 2

Describes living factors in the environment

Question 3

Abiotic

Answer 3

Describes the nonliving part of the environment, including water, rocks, light, and temperature

Question 4

Population

Answer 4

A group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area

Question 5

Community

Answer 5

All the population of species that live in the same habitat and interact with each other

Question 6

Ecosystem

Answer 6

A community of organisms and their aboitic environment

Question 7

Bioshpere

Answer 7

The part of Earth where life exsist

Question 8

Herbivore

Answer 8

An organism that eats only plants

Question 9

Carnivore

Answer 9

An organism that eats animals

Question 10

Omnivore

Answer 10

An organism that eats both plants and animals

Question 11

Food Chain

Answer 11

The pathway of energy transfer through various stages as a result of the feeding patterns of a series of organisms

Question 12

Food Web

Answer 12

A diagram that shows the feeding relationship between organisms in an ecosystem

Question 13

Energy Pyramid

Answer 13

A triangular diagram that shows an ecosystem’s loss of energy, which results as energy passes through the ecosystem’s food chain

Question 14

Carrying Capacity

Answer 14

The largest population that an environment can support at any given time

Question 15

Prey

Answer 15

An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism

Question 16

Predator

Answer 16

An organism that eats all or part of another organism

Question 17

Symbiosis

Answer 17

A relationship in which two different organisms live in close association with each other

Question 18

Mutualism

Answer 18

A relationship between two species benefit

Question 19

Commensalism

Answer 19

A relationship between two organisms in which one organisms benefit and the other is unnaffected

Question 20

Parasitism

Answer 20

A relationship between two species in which one species, the parasite, benefits from the other species, the host, which is sharmed

Question 21

Coevolution

Answer 21

The evolution of two species that is due to mutual influence, often in a way that makes the relationship more beneficial to both species