Ecology

Question 1

Define biosphere

Answer 1

The part of the earth where life occurs

Question 2

Define atmosphere

Answer 2

The layers of gas covering the earth

Question 3

Define lithosphere

Answer 3

All the minirals and rocks found within the crust and upper mantle

Question 4

Define hydrosphere

Answer 4

all the water on the surface of earth

Question 5

Define biome

Answer 5

An area with a spesific climate including all the animals that live within it

Question 6

Define terrestrial

Answer 6

A type of biome found on land

Question 7

Define aquatic

Answer 7

A type of biome found under water

Question 8

Define ecology

Answer 8

The study of ecosystems

Question 9

Define ecologists

Answer 9

A person who study ecology

Question 10

Define biotic factors

Answer 10

All living organisms in an ecosystem

Question 11

Define abiotic factors

Answer 11

All non living components of an ecosystem

Question 12

Define habitat

Answer 12

The area an organism usually lives in

Question 13

Define niche

Answer 13

The role filled by an organism

Question 14

Community

Answer 14

A group of populations interacting

Question 15

Define population

Answer 15

A group of organisms of the same species living in the same area at the same time

Question 16

Define species

Answer 16

Organisms of the same type that are able to interbread freely and produce fertile offspring

Question 17

Describe a protea

Answer 17

Evergreen, large nectar rich cone-like head

Question 18

Describe a restio

Answer 18

Wiry, reedlike

Question 19

Describe a erica

Answer 19

Small, Evergreen, small needle like leaves, small brightly-colored flower

Question 20

Name a promenant feature of geophytes

Answer 20

Underground storage organs

Question 21

Define ecosystem

Answer 21

Biotic and abiotic factors interacting

Question 22

Describe the climate of a fynbos biome

Answer 22

Windy, hot dry summers. Stormy cold wet winters

Question 23

Name some characteristics of a fynbos biome

Answer 23

Nutrient poor soil, has protea Erica restio and geophytes

Question 24

Describe how fires relate to the fynbos

Answer 24

They occur every 10 to 20 years. Plants are able to survive fires and use them to reproduce

Question 25

Name some characteristics of forests

Answer 25

Year round rain, consists of understory, shrubs, vines, and canopy

Question 26

Name the characteristics of a dessert

Answer 26

On border of sa and namibia. Very sandy, no rain, water comes from sea mist and dew

Question 27

What is bioacumulation

Answer 27

When toxins in the environment remain in the tissues of animals.