ecology

Question 1

Ecology

Answer 1

the study of the interaction of living organisms with one another and with their environment

Question 2

biotic

Answer 2

describes living factors in the environment

Question 3

abiotic

Answer 3

describes the nonliving part of the environment including water rocks light temp

Question 4

population

Answer 4

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

Question 5

community

Answer 5

all the populations of species that live in the same habitat

and interact with each other

Question 6

biosphere

Answer 6

the part of the earth where life exists

Question 7

herbivore

Answer 7

an organism that eats only plants

Question 8

carnivore

Answer 8

an organism that eats animals

Question 9

omnivore

Answer 9

an organism that eats both plants and animals

Question 10

food chain

Answer 10

the 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

a diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms

Question 12

energy pyramid

Answer 12

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

Question 13

carrying capacity

Answer 13

the largest population that an environment can support at any given time

Question 14

predator

Answer 14

an organism that eats all of another organism

Question 15

prey

Answer 15

an organism that is killed and eaten by another organism