ecology

Question 1

biotic

Answer 1

describes living factors int the environment

Question 2

abiotic

Answer 2

describes the nonliving part of the environment including water rocks light and tempeature

Question 3

population

Answer 3

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

Question 4

community

Answer 4

all the populations of species that live on the same habitat and interact with eachother

Question 5

ecosystem

Answer 5

community of organisms and their abiotic environment

Question 6

biosphere

Answer 6

the part of earth where life exists

Question 7

herbivore

Answer 7

organism that eats only plants

Question 8

carnivore

Answer 8

organism that eats animals

Question 9

omnivore

Answer 9

organism that eats both plants and animals

Question 10

food chain

Answer 10

pathway of energy transfer through various stages as a result of the feeding patterns of a series of organism

Question 11

food web

Answer 11

diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organism in an ecosytems

Question 12

energy pyramid

Answer 12

triangular diagram that shows an ecosystem loss of energy which results as energy passes through the ecosystems a food chain

Question 13

carrying capacity

Answer 13

largest population that an environment can support an any given time

Question 14

prey

Answer 14

organism that is killed and eaten by another organism

Question 15

predator

Answer 15

organism that eats all or parts of another organism

Question 16

mutilsm

Answer 16

relationship between two species in which both species benefit

Question 17

commensalim

Answer 17

relationship between two organism in which one benefits and the other is unaffcted

Question 18

parasitism

Answer 18

relationship between two species in which one species the parasite benefits form the other species the host which is harmed

Question 19

26 svanna

Answer 19

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

Question 20

21 dessert

Answer 20

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

Question 21

22 tundra

Answer 21

treeless plain found in the arctic in the antarctic or on the tops of mountains that is characterized by very low winter temperatures and short cool summers

Question 22

temperate grassland

Answer 22

areas with low annual precipitation, fluctuating seasonal temperatures, and few trees.

Question 23

temperate deciduous forest

Answer 23

a variety of temperate forest ‘dominated’ by trees that lose their leaves each year

Question 24

tropical rain forest

Answer 24

forests near the equator that receive over 100 inches of rain a year and maintain high average temperatures

Question 25

Coniferous forest

Answer 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

Question 26

Decomposers

Answer 26

an organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material.

Question 27

producers

Answer 27

They make their own food, which creates energy for them to grow, reproduce and survive.