Ecology

Question 1

Population

Answer 1

A group of organisms of the same species living in a habitat.

Question 2

Food chain

Answer 2

A chart showing the flow of energy (food) from one organism to the next beginning with a producer

Question 3

Decomposer

Answer 3

An organism that gets its energy from dead or waste organic matter.

Question 4

Community

Answer 4

All the populations of the different species living in a habitat

Question 5

Producer

Answer 5

An organism that makes its own organic nutrients, usually using energy from sunlight, through photosynthesis.

Question 6

Food web

Answer 6

A network of interconnected food chains showing the energy flow through part of an ecosystem

Question 7

Trophic level

Answer 7

The position of an organism in a food chain or food web

Question 8

Consumer

Answer 8

An organism that gets its energy by feeding on other organisms.

Question 9

Ecosystem

Answer 9

A unit containing all of the organisms and their environment, interacting together, in a given area.

Question 10

Habitat

Answer 10

The place where an organism lives.