Ecology

Question 1

Ecology

Answer 1

The study of interactions that take place among organisms and their environment.

Question 2

Organism-

Answer 2

One individual that belongs to a certain species.

Question 3

Population-

Answer 3

All the organisms that belong to the same species living in a community.

Question 4

Community-

Answer 4

All the populations of different species that live in an ecosystem.

Question 5

Ecosystem-

Answer 5

All the living organisms that live in an area and the nonliving features of their environment

Question 6

Climax community:

Answer 6

Stable, end stage of ecological succession in which the plants and animals of a community use resources efficiently and balance is maintained by disturbances such a fire, volcano, or glacier.
A final stable community, (after either primary (no soil) or secondary succession-soil present)

Question 7

Abiotic-

Answer 7

the non-living physical features of the environment, including air, water,sunlight, soil (rocks), temperature, and climate. The pre-fix A means not (living).

Question 8

8. Biotic-

Answer 8

features of the environment that are alive or were once alive. The prefix bio means life.

Question 9

9.Succession

Answer 9

A natural, gradual change in the type of species that live in an area. Succession can be primary or secondary.

Question 10

10. Climate-

Answer 10

Average weather conditions of an area over time, including wind, temperature, and rainfall or other types of precipitation such as snow or sleet.

Question 11

Temperate

Answer 11

Deciduous Forest-WE LIVE IN THIS BIOME! We usually have 4 distinct seasons with climax communities of deciduous trees (leaves fall off the branches).

Question 12

Secondary succession-

Answer 12

A process started by an event such as a fire, glacial movement, volcano erupting, hurricane, ect, which reduces an already established ecosystem to a smaller population of species.

Question 13

Primary Succession-

Answer 13

A process in which there is uninhabited (no one lives there) barren, no soil, habitat or that occurs where there is no habitat or vegetation.

Question 14

Pioneer species-

Answer 14

a group of hardy organisms, such as lichens, found in the primary stage of succession and that begin an area’s soil building process.

Question 15

Limiting

Answer 15

Factors-Anything that restricts the size of the population, including living and nonliving features of an ecosystem, such as predators or drought.

Question 16

Predator-

Answer 16

Consumers that capture and eat other consumers.

Question 17

Prey-

Answer 17

The organism that is captured by the predator.

Question 18

Energy Pyramid-

Answer 18

A model that shows the amount of energy available at each feeding level in an ecosystem.

Question 19

Soil-

Answer 19

mixture of mineral and rock particles and also the remains of dead organisms, air, and water that forms the topmost layer of the Earth’s crust and supports plant growth.

Question 20

Soil pH-

Answer 20

The measure of the acidity or alkalinity of soil. Most plants grow between the 5.5-7 range of soil. If the soil is less than seven, then the soil is acidic. If the range is over 7-14, then the soil is base or alkaline.