Ecological Terms

Question 1

Species:

Answer 1

A group of organisms that can breed to produce fertile offspring

Question 2

Habitat:

Answer 2

Is the place where an organism lives

Question 3

Population:

Answer 3

Is a group of individuals of one species

Question 4

Community:

Answer 4

Is made up of all the living organisms in an ecosystem

Question 5

Biodiversity:

Answer 5

The variation that exists within a species.

Also describes the variation between different species

Question 6

Producer:

Answer 6

A green plant which can make/produce it’s own food through photosynthesis

Question 7

Consumer:

Answer 7

Can not produce it’s own food so it has to consume other animals and/or plants for energy

Question 8

Herbivores:

Answer 8

Only eats plant material

Question 9

Carnivore:

Answer 9

Only eats meat material

Question 10

Omnivore:

Answer 10

Eats both meats and plants

Question 11

Predator:

Answer 11

Hunts food/animals

Question 12

Prey:

Answer 12

Gets hunted

Question 13

Niche:

Answer 13

The role a species plays in its community

Question 14

Biome:

Answer 14

A large area which is designated by its climate (arctic, ocean, deserts)

Question 15

Indicator species:

Answer 15

Species that by their presence or absence indicate environmental quality/levels of pollution

Question 16

Biotic factor:

Answer 16

A factor related directly to living things (food, competition, food availability predation or disease)

Question 17

Abiotic factor:

Answer 17

Related to non-living things (light, ph, moisture and temperature)