Ecology

Question 1

Describes living factors in the environment.

Answer 1

Biotic

Question 2

Describes the nonliving part of the environment, including water, rocks, light, and temperature.

Answer 2

Abiotic

Question 3

A group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area.

Answer 3

Population

Question 4

All the populations of species that live in the same habitat and interact with each other.

Answer 4

Community

Question 5

A community of organisms and their abiotic environment.

Answer 5

Ecosystem

Question 6

The part of Earth where life exists.

Answer 6

Biosphere

Question 7

An organism that eats only plants.

Answer 7

Herbivore

Question 8

An organism that only eats animals.

Answer 8

Carnivore

Question 9

An organism that eats both plants and animals.

Answer 9

Omnivore

Question 10

The pathway of energy transfer through various stages as a result of the feeding patterns of a series of organisms.

Answer 10

Food chain

Question 11

A diagram that shows that feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem.

Answer 11

Food Web

Question 12

A triangular diagram that shows an ecosystem’s loss of energy, which results as energy passes through the ecosystem’s food chain.

Answer 12

Energy pyramid

Question 13

The largest population that an environment can support at any given time.

Answer 13

Carrying capacity

Question 14

An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism.

Answer 14

Prey

Question 15

An organism that eats all or part of another organism.

Answer 15

Predator

Question 16

A relationship between two species in which both species benefit.

Answer 16

Mutualism

Question 17

A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other in unaffected.

Answer 17

Commensalism

Question 18

A relationship between two species in which one species, the parasite, benefits from the other species, the host, which is harmed.

Answer 18

Parasitism

Question 19

Organisms that make their own food

Answer 19

Producers

Question 20

Have the ability to break down dead organisms into smaller particles and create new compounds

Answer 20

Decomposers

Question 21

A region that has little or no plant life, long periods without rain, and extreme temperatures: usually found in hot climates.

Answer 21

Desert

Question 22

A treeless plain found in the Artic, in the Antarctic, or on the tops of mountains that is characterized by very low winter temperatures and short, cool summers.

Answer 22

Tundra

Question 23

Located in the mid-latitude areas which means that they are found between the polar regions and the tropics.

Answer 23

Temperate deciduous forest

Question 24

Rain forests that occur in areas of tropical Rain forest climate in which there is no dry season.

Answer 24

Tropical rain forest

Question 25

Vegetation composed primarily of cone-bearing needle-leaved or scale-leaved evergreen trees, found in areas that have long winters and moderate to high annual precipitation.

Answer 25

Coniferous forest

Question 26

A grassland that often has scattered trees and that is found in tropical and subtropical areas where seasonal rains, fires, and drought happen.

Answer 26

Savanna

Question 27

Areas of open grassy plains that are sparsely populated with trees.

Answer 27

Temperate grassland