Ch. 4 Key Terms

Question 1

ecosystem

Answer 1

a community of organisms and their abiotic enviornment

Question 2

biotic factor

Answer 2

an environmental factor that is associated with or results from the activities of living organisms

Question 3

abiotic factor

Answer 3

describes the non living part of the environment including water rock light and temperature

Question 4

organism

Answer 4

a living thing

Question 5

species

Answer 5

a group of organisms that are closely related and can mate to produce fertile offspring

Question 6

population

Answer 6

a group of organisms of the same species that live in a specifics georgraphical area and interbreed

Question 7

community

Answer 7

a group of various species that live in the same habitat and interact with each other

Question 8

habitat

Answer 8

the place where an organism usually lives

Question 9

adaption

Answer 9

the process of becoming adapted to an envirnment

Question 10

archaea

Answer 10

prokaryotes that are distinguished from other prokaryotes by differences in their genetics and in the makeup of their cell wall