ecology

Question 1

ecology

Answer 1

a study of all life

Question 2

aboidic

Answer 2

something not liveing

Question 3

biotic

Answer 3

something that is living

Question 4

what are the 5 abiotic factors of life

Answer 4

oxygen, water, soil, sun, wind

Question 5

predator

Answer 5

counsumers that eat other counsumers

Question 6

prey

Answer 6

consumers that are targets for preditors

Question 7

habitat

Answer 7

a place were an animal lives

Question 8

organism

Answer 8

an individual member of a species within a population.

Question 9

Population

Answer 9

all of the organisms in an ecosystem that belong to the same species.

Question 10

Community

Answer 10

all of the populations in an ecosystem.

Question 11

Ecosystem

Answer 11

all of the organisms living in an area and the nonliving features of their environment.

Question 12

Niche

Answer 12

how an organism survives, how it obtains food and shelter, how it finds a mate and cares for its offspring, and how it avoids danger.

Question 13

carrying capacity

Answer 13

the largest number of individuals of one species that an ecosystem can support over time

Question 14

limiting factors

Answer 14

anything that restricts the number of individuals in a population.

Question 15

Producers/Autotrophs-

Answer 15

organisms such as plants and algae, which through the process of photosynthesis create energy-rich food.

Question 16

Consumers/Heterotrophs

Answer 16

an organism that cannot make its own food and feeds on other organisms.