Definitions for the final (ALMOST FREE!)

Question 1

niche

Answer 1

an organism’s functional role in the ecosystem

Question 2

carrying capacity

Answer 2

the max amount of organisms a population could have before the environment is no longer perfect

Question 3

abiotic

Answer 3

all the nonliving factors of an ecosystem

Question 4

acceleration

Answer 4

higher birth rate than death rate

Question 5

mimicry

Answer 5

learns to look like a harmful organism so it doesn’t get eaten

Question 6

symbiosis

Answer 6

close relationship between two different species

Question 7

commensalism

Answer 7

benefits only one party, but the other party is unaffected

Question 8

parasitism

Answer 8

only one organism is benefited and the other is harmed in the process

Question 9

ecological succession

Answer 9

the orderly process of community chance. It involves the replacement of the dominant species in the community

Question 10

biotic

Answer 10

al living factors in an ecosystem

Question 11

population

Answer 11

groups of individuals pf the same species in a particular geographic area

Question 12

community

Answer 12

all the populations in a given area

Question 13

ecosystem

Answer 13

the community plus the nonliving area

Question 14

biosphere

Answer 14

all the ecosystems of the whole planet

Question 15

circulatory system

Answer 15

how substances move from one point in the body to another

Question 16

blood

Answer 16

plasma and other formed elements

Question 17

arteries

Answer 17

carry oxygen rich blood away from the heart

Question 18

veins

Answer 18

carry oxygen poor blood toward the heart

Question 19

capillaries

Answer 19

smallest of the blood vessels

Question 20

heart`

Answer 20

a muscle about the size of your fist

Question 21

heart attack

Answer 21

when one of the arteries becomes blocked by part of the oxygen

Question 22

plasma

Answer 22

the part of blood made of ions, water, plasma proteins, and travelers.

Question 23

formed elements

Answer 23

rbc, wbc, platelets.

Question 24

erythrocytes

Answer 24

red blood cells

Question 25

leucocytes

Answer 25

white blood cells that fight disease

Question 26

platelets

Answer 26

fragments of cells that help with clotting

Question 27

ecology

Answer 27

the study of interactions between organisms and their environment