Chapter 1

Question 1

Organism

Answer 1

A living thing

Question 2

Habitat

Answer 2

An environment that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce

Question 3

Biotic factors

Answer 3

A living or once living part of an organisms habitat

Question 4

Abiotic factors

Answer 4

A non living part of an organisms habitats

Question 5

Species

Answer 5

A group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that could also reproduce

Question 6

Population

Answer 6

The members of one species living in the same area

Question 7

Community

Answer 7

All the different populations that live together in a specific area

Question 8

Ecosystem

Answer 8

The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their non living environment

Question 9

Ecology

Answer 9

The study of how organisms interact with each other and their environments

Question 10

Birth rate

Answer 10

The number of births per 1000 individuals for a certain time period

Question 11

Death rate

Answer 11

The number of deaths per 1000 individuals for a certain time period

Question 12

Immigration

Answer 12

Movement of individuals into a populations area

Question 13

Emigration

Answer 13

Movement of individuals out of a populations area

Question 14

Population density

Answer 14

The number of individuals in an area of a specific size

Question 15

Limiting factor

Answer 15

An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease in size

Question 16

Carrying capacity

Answer 16

The largest population that a particular environment can support

Question 17

Natural selection

Answer 17

The process by which organisms that are best adapted to their environment are most likely to survive and reproduce

Question 18

Adaption

Answer 18

An enterprises behavior or physical characteristic that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment

Question 19

Niche

Answer 19

How an organism makes its living and interacts with the biotic and abiotic factors in its habitat

Question 20

Competition

Answer 20

The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resources in the place at the same time

Question 21

Predation

Answer 21

An interaction in which one organism kills an other for food or nutrients

Question 22

Predator

Answer 22

Th organism that does the killing in a predation interaction

Question 23

Prey

Answer 23

An organism that is killed and eaten by an other organism in predation interaction

Question 24

Symbiosis

Answer 24

Any relationship in which two species live closely together and that benefits and that benefits at least one the the species

Question 25

Mutualism

Answer 25

A type of symbiosis in which both species benefit fro. Living together

Question 26

Commensalism

Answer 26

A type of symbiosis between 2 species in which 1 species benefits and the other species is neither helped or harmed

Question 27

Parasitism

Answer 27

A type of symbiosis in which 1 organism lives with, on, or in a host and harms it

Question 28

Parasite

Answer 28

The organism that benefits by living with, on, or in a host in a parasitism interaction

Question 29

Host

Answer 29

An organism that a parasite lives with, in, or on, and provides a source of energy for a suitable environment for the parasite to live