ecology

Question 1

food web

Answer 1

consists of all the food chains in a single ecosystem

Question 2

food chain

Answer 2

one possible path that energy and nutrients may take as they move through the ecosystem

Question 3

trophic

Answer 3

the grouping for organisms in a food web based on a roll

Question 4

producers

Answer 4

make their own food and do not depend on any other organism for nutrition

Question 5

Autotrophs

Answer 5

make their own food and do not depend on any other organisms for nutrition

Question 6

consumers

Answer 6

animals that eat producers

Question 7

Carnavore

Answer 7

animals that eats other animals

Question 8

Omnivore

Answer 8

Animals that eat both plants and animals

Question 9

primary consumers

Answer 9

are herbivores, eat plants and other producers

Question 10

Herbivore

Answer 10

eat plants, algae, and other producers.

Question 11

secondary

Answer 11

eat the herbivores or primary consumer

Question 12

Tertiary consumers

Answer 12

eat the secondary consumer

Question 13

Apex predator

Answer 13

top consumer

Question 14

Detritivores

Answer 14

organisms that eat nothing paint and animal remains (a scavenger)

Question 15

scavenger

Answer 15

organisms that eat nothing paint and animal remains (detretavore)

Question 16

decomposers

Answer 16

break down dead organisms into nutrient rich soil for use by producers

Question 17

Environment

Answer 17

the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates

Question 18

Biosphere

Answer 18

made up of the parts of Earth where life exists—all ecosystems

Question 19

Habitat

Answer 19

a home for a plant or animal

Question 20

Species

Answer 20

a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding

Question 21

Population

Answer 21

all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country.

Question 22

Community

Answer 22

a group of people with a common characteristic or interest living together within a larger society

Question 23

Niche

Answer 23

a place or position that’s particularly appropriate for someone or something, especially due to being very specific and different from others

Question 24

Competition

Answer 24

the act or process of competing

Question 25

Biotic

Answer 25

relating to or resulting from living things, especially in their ecological relations.

Question 26

Abiotic

Answer 26

a non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment.

Question 27

Predator

Answer 27

an organism that captures and eats another (the prey)

Question 28

Prey

Answer 28

an animal that is hunted or killed by another animal for food

Question 29

Parasite

Answer 29

an organism that lives on or in a host organism and gets its food from or at the expense of its host

Question 30

Host

Answer 30

a person who receives or entertains other people as guests

Question 31

Symbiosis

Answer 31

a close, prolonged association between two or more different biological species

Question 32

Parasitism

Answer 32

Association between two different organisms wherein one benefits at the expense of the other

Question 33

Mutualism

Answer 33

an interaction between individuals of different species that results in positive (beneficial) effects on per capita reproduction and/or survival of the interacting populations.

Question 34

Commensalism

Answer 34

a relationship between individuals of two species in which one species obtains food or other benefits from the other without either harming or benefiting the latter