Ch.4 Test

Question 1

Biotic Factor

Answer 1

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

Question 2

abiotic factor

Answer 2

non living part of the environment including water,rock,light and temp

Question 3

organisms

Answer 3

a living thing; anything that can carry out life processes independently

Question 4

species

Answer 4

group of organisms that are closely related and can make to provide fertile offspring

Question 5

population

Answer 5

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

Question 6

community

Answer 6

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

Question 7

habitat

Answer 7

place where an organisms usually live

Question 8

natural selection

Answer 8

process which individuals that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than less well adapted individual

Question 9

evolution

Answer 9

change in characteristics within a population from 1 generation to the next

Question 10

adaption

Answer 10

process of becoming adapted to an environment

Question 11

artificial selection

Answer 11

selective breeding of organisms by humans for specific desirable characteristics

Question 12

resistance

Answer 12

ability of an organism to tolerate a chemical or disease

Question 13

archaea

Answer 13

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

Question 14

bacteria

Answer 14

small ; single celled organisms that usually have a cell wall and reproduce by cell division

Question 15

fungus

Answer 15

organisms whose cells have nuclei, ridig cell walls, and no chlorophyll and that belongs to the kingdom fungi

Question 16

protists

Answer 16

r

Question 17

gymnosperms

Answer 17

woodly vascular seed plants whose seeds are not enclosed by an ovary or fruit

Question 18

angiosperms

Answer 18

flowering plant that produces seeds within a fruit

Question 19

invertebrates

Answer 19

animals that does not have a back bone

Question 20

vertebrates

Answer 20

have a back bone (animal)

Question 21

Do ecosystems have a boundary?

Answer 21

no clear boundary

Question 22

5 components an ecosystems needs in order to survive

Answer 22

water
energy 
living organisms 
oxygen 
mineral nutrients

Question 23

who was natural selection created by?

Answer 23

Darwin

Question 24

Coevolution

Answer 24

process of 2 species evolving long term interactions

Question 25

Mutualistic coevolution

Answer 25

both organisms benefit from each other

Question 26

competitive coevolution

Answer 26

when evolution change and have a negative effect

Question 27

Ecosystem

Answer 27

A community of organisms and their abiotic enviornment.