Ecology

Question 0

Herbivore

Answer 0

an animal that feeds on plants.

Question 1

Predator

Answer 1

an animal that naturally preys on others.

Question 2

Carnivore

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an animal that feeds on flesh.

Question 3

Omnivore

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an animal or person that eats food of both plant and animal origin.

Question 4

Produces

Answer 4

cause (a particular result or situation) to happen or come into existence.

Question 5

Consumer

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a person who purchases goods and services for personal use.

Question 6

Energy Pyramid

Answer 6

An ecological pyramid (or trophic pyramid) is a graphical representation designed to show the biomass or biomass productivity at each trophic level in a given ecosystem.

Question 7

Biome

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a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat, e.g., forest or tundra.

Question 8

Ecosystem

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a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

Question 9

Organism

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an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.

Question 10

Predation

Answer 10

the preying of one animal on others.

Question 11

Symbiosis

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interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association, typically to the advantage of both.

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parasitism

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the relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage)

Question 13

Mutualism

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the doctrine that mutual dependence is necessary to social well-being.

Question 14

Commensalism

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an association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither benefit nor harm

Question 15

Ecology

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the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.

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Biodiversity

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the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

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Food Web

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a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.

Question 18

Food Chain

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a hierarchical series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food.

Question 19

Invasive Species

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Aren’t native to, they overtake a place.

Question 20

Nonnative Species

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Brought to one place or another by a different place or country

Question 21

Sustainability

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Meets present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Question 22

Trade Off

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a balance achieved between two desirable but incompatible features; a compromise.
“a trade-off between objectivity and relevance”

Question 23

Fishery

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a place where fish are reared for commercial purposes.

Question 24

Decomposer

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

Question 25

Zooplankton

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plankton consisting of small animals and the immature stages of larger animals.

Question 26

Phytoplankton

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plankton consisting of microscopic plants

Question 27

Plankton

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the small and microscopic organisms drifting or floating in the sea or fresh water

Question 28

Abiotic

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physical rather than biological; not derived from living organisms.

Question 29

Biotic

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of, relating to, or resulting from living things, esp. in their ecological relations.
“the preservation of biotic diversity”