Chapter 15 - Ecology

Question 1

Ecosystems

Answer 1

All the plants and animals in an area interacting with each other and their environment

Question 2

Habitat

Answer 2

The area where a plant or animal lives

Question 3

Producers

Answer 3

Plants that make their own food

Question 4

Consumers

Answer 4

Animals that get your food by eating plants or other animals

Question 5

Herbivore

Answer 5

Animal that eats plants only

Question 6

Carnivore

Answer 6

An animal that eats other animals only

Question 7

Omnivore

Answer 7

Animal that eats both plants and animals

Question 8

Ecology

Answer 8

Study of the relationships between plants, animals and their environment

Question 9

Adaptation

Answer 9

A structure that helps an organism to survive in its habitat

Question 10

Given example of adaptation

Answer 10

Rabbits have large ears to hear foxes

Question 11

Competition

Answer 11

Takes place when organisms require something that is in short supply

Question 12

Interdependence

Answer 12

Living things depend on each other for survival

Question 13

Conservation

Answer 13

The protection and wise management of natural resources to prevent living things from becoming extinct

Question 14

Pollution

Answer 14

Addition of on wanted materials to the environment