ECOLOGY

Question 1

ECOLOGY

Answer 1

STUDY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE DYNAMICS OF ITS COMPONENT

Question 2

CELL

Answer 2

INDIVIDUAL UNIT OF STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Question 3

TISSUE

Answer 3

GROUP OF SIMILAR CELLS

Question 4

ORGAN

Answer 4

GROUP OF TISSUES PERFORMING A TASK

Question 5

ORGAN SYSTEM

Answer 5

GROUP OF ORGANS PERFORMING DIFFERENT TASKS BUT ULTIMATELY THE SAME FUNCTION

Question 6

ORGANISM

Answer 6

AUTONYMOUS ENTITY CAPABLE OF SURVIVING ON ITS OWN

Question 7

POPULATION

Answer 7

GROUP OF ORGANISMS OF THE SAME SPECIES

Question 8

COMMUNITY

Answer 8

GROUPS OF DIFFERENT POPULATIONS IN THE SAME AREA

Question 9

ECOSYSTEM

Answer 9

COMMUNITY OF ORGANISMS WITH NONLIVING COMPONENTS

Question 10

ECOLOGICAL NICHE

Answer 10

ROLES AND RELATIONSHIPS OF DIFFERENT ORGANISMS IN AN ECOSYSTEM

Question 11

PRODUCERS

Answer 11

PRODUCE THEIR OWN FOOD THAT CAN ALSO BE A FOOS SOURCE FOR OTHERS

Question 12

CONSUMERS

Answer 12

ACQUIRES FOOD FROM OTHER SOURCES

Question 13

HERBIVORES

Answer 13

EATS ONLY PLANTS

Question 14

CARNIVORES

Answer 14

EATS ONLY OTHER ANIMALS

Question 15

OMNIVORE

Answer 15

EATS BOTH PLANTS AND ANIMALS

Question 16

DETRIVORES

Answer 16

EATS DECAYING ORGANIC MATTER

Question 17

MUTUALISM

Answer 17

INVOLVED ORGANISMS BENEFIT FROM THE INTERACTION

Question 18

COMMENSALISM

Answer 18

SOME ORGANISMS BENEFIT WHILE OTHERS ARE UNAFFECTED

Question 19

PARASITISM

Answer 19

SOME ORGANISMS BENEFIT WHILE OTHERS ARE HARMED (BOTH ORGANISM SHOULD BE ALIVE)

Question 20

PREDATION

Answer 20

THE SUPERIOR ORGANISM (PREDATOR) HUNTS DOWN/KILLS INFERIOR ORGANISMS (PREY)

Question 21

COMPETITION

Answer 21

ORGANISMS COMPETE FOR A COMMONS SOURCE

Question 22

INTRASPECIES

Answer 22

COMPETITION BETWEEN SAME SPECIES

Question 23

INTERSPECIES

Answer 23

COMPETITION OF DIFFERENT ORGANISMS

Question 24

FOOD CHAIN

Answer 24

SEQUENCE OF SUCCESSION OF ORGANISMS (LOOKS LIKE A CYCLE)

Question 25

FOOD WEB

Answer 25

COMPLEX SUCCESSION OF CONSUMPTION COMPOSED OF INTERTWINED FOOD CHAINS; MORE STABLE COMMUNITY

Question 26

BIOME

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TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT DEFINED BY CLIMATE, LOCATION, AND BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES

Question 27

TROPICAL RAINFOREST

Answer 27

COVERED WITH TREES; WET AND DRY SEASON; HAS THE MOST VEGETATION (PHILIPPINES)

Question 28

TEMPERATE FOREST

Answer 28

COVERED WITH TREES; HAS MODERATE CLIMATE (USA, EUROPE)

Question 29

GRASSLAND

Answer 29

LARGE PLAINS COVERED WITH GRASSES (NEW ZEALAND)

Question 30

SAVANNAH

Answer 30

TERRAIN COVERED WITH TALL TREES AND GRASSES (INDIA)

Question 31

DESERT

Answer 31

EXTREME TEMPERATURES IN DAY AND NIGHT (SAHARA)

Question 32

TAIGA

Answer 32

ICY LANDS WITH LIVING PLANTS; LARGEST AREA (ALASKA)

Question 33

TUNDRA

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ICY LANDS ONLY; LEAST VEGETATION AND PERMANENTLY FROZEN (ANTARCTICA)

Question 34

MARINE

Answer 34

VAST BODY OF SALT WATER (OCEANS, SEA)

Question 35

FRESH WATER

Answer 35

INLAND BODY OF WATER (RIVERS, LAKES)

Question 36

MATERIALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT

Answer 36

COLLECTION OF CHEMICALS NECESSARY FOR SURVIVAL; DISTRIBUTED AND REDISTRIBUTED BY CYCLES; CHIEF MATERIALS ARE WATER, CARBON, NITROGEN, AND PHOSPHOROUS