Ecology

Question 1

Biosphere

Answer 1

All places on Earth where living things exist is biosphere

Question 2

Species

Answer 2

Organisms that share the same characteristics and features belong to the same species

Question 3

Community

Answer 3

A group of different populations that live together and interact in an environment

Question 4

Competition

Answer 4

The interaction between organisms or species that use the same resources in which the health of one is negatively affected by the presence of the other

Question 5

Abiotic

Answer 5

All of the nonliving parts of an ecosystem

Question 6

Prey

Answer 6

An animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal

Question 7

Host

Answer 7

Organism that is parasitized or subject to attack by one or more parasites

Question 8

Parasitism

Answer 8

A certain type of non-mutual relationship found between two different species in which one organism known as the parasite benefits at the expense of the other organism

Question 9

Commensalism

Answer 9

A relationship between two species of a plant, animal, or fungus in which one lives with, on, or in the other without damage to either

Question 10

Ecosystem

Answer 10

All of the living and nonliving parts of the environment that interact with each other.

Question 11

Ecology

Answer 11

The study of how organisms interact with their environment and with other organisms

Question 12

Dominant species

Answer 12

A group of organisms that outnumbers/dominates the other species in the area

Question 13

Environment

Answer 13

Includes all the things an organism needs to survive

Question 14

Habitat

Answer 14

The habitat provides the organism with food, water, and shelter. It is where the organism lives.

Question 15

Population

Answer 15

A population is made up of the same kind of organisms. They live together in the same habitat.

Question 16

Niche

Answer 16

Includes what it eats and what the environment it needs to survive

Question 17

Biotic

Answer 17

Biotic components are the living things that shape an ecosystem

Question 18

Predator

Answer 18

A predator is an animal that hunts other animals for food

Question 19

Parasite

Answer 19

A parasite is an organism that lives on or in another organism. It takes nourishment from its victim

Question 20

Symbiosis

Answer 20

Relationship between two species that interact in ways that influence each other’s evolution

Question 21

Mutualism

Answer 21

Mutualism is a relationship between two species in which both benefit from the relationship