Ecology

Question 1

How would you describe something that is Biotic?

Answer 1

Natural matter from organisms

Question 2

How would you describe something that is Abiotic?

Answer 2

Natural matter that has not come from organisms

Question 3

What is an Organism?

Answer 3

An individual living thing

Question 4

What is a Species?

Answer 4

A group of organisms with similar characteristics

Question 5

What is a Population?

Answer 5

The number of organisms from a particular species in an area

Question 6

What is a Community?

Answer 6

The different species living in an area

Question 7

What is the source of all energy on earth?

Answer 7

The Sun

Question 8

What are Producers?

Answer 8

Organisms that make food using sunlight

Question 9

What are Primary Consumers?

Answer 9

Organisms that get energy from eating plants (producers)

Question 10

What are Secondary Consumers?

Answer 10

Organisms that get energy from eating producers, primary consumers, or both

Question 11

What are Tertiary and Quaternary consumers?

Answer 11

Organisms that get energy from eating other consumers

Question 12

What is an Apex Predator?

Answer 12

The highest consumer in a community; does not have any natural predators of its own

Question 13

What is an Herbivore?

Answer 13

An organism that consumes only plants (producers)

Question 14

What is a Carnivore?

Answer 14

An organism that consumes only other consumers (animals, insects, etc.)

Question 15

What is an Omnivore?

Answer 15

An organism that can consume both plants and meat

Question 16

What is a Scavenger?

Answer 16

An organism that consumes food leftover from other carnivores

Question 17

What is a Decomposer?

Answer 17

An organism that decays (breaks down) dead organisms; this recycle nutrients back into the environment

Question 18

What is Photosynthesis?

Answer 18

The process that producers use to make food from sunlight, water, and CO2

Question 19

What is Ecology?

Answer 19

The study of ecosystems

Question 20

How can you describe an Ecosystem?

Answer 20

The relationships between the organisms that live in an area

Question 21

What is a Symbiotic Relationship?

Answer 21

Two organisms (usually different species) who consistently interact or rely on one another

Question 22

What is a Parasitic Relationship?

Answer 22

One organism benefits, while the other is harmed

Question 23

What is a Mutualistic Relationship?

Answer 23

Both organisms benefit from the relationship

Question 24

What is a Commensal Relationship?

Answer 24

One organism benefits, and the other is not affected

Question 25

What is a Biome?

Answer 25

A large community of flora and fauna that shows patterns in habitat and climate

Question 26

What is a Habitat?

Answer 26

The natural environment of an organism

Question 27

What are Flora?

Answer 27

The plant life in an area

Question 28

What are Fauna?

Answer 28

The animal/bug life in an area

Question 29

What does Terrestrial mean?

Answer 29

A habitat that is on land

Question 30

What does Aquatic mean?

Answer 30

A habitat that is in water

Question 31

What does Tropical mean?

Answer 31

A habitat that is closer to the equator; the climate is warm and humid

Question 32

What does Temperate mean?

Answer 32

A habitat that is between the Poles and the Equator; climate is mild