ecology

Question 1

ecology

Answer 1

study of interactions between organisms and their environment

Question 2

ecosystem

Answer 2

geographic are where a community of organisms interact w each other and their physical environment

Question 3

habitat

Answer 3

natural home of an organism

Question 4

species

Answer 4

group of organisms w similar characteristics which are able to interbreed to produce fertile offspring

Question 5

population

Answer 5

group of organisms belonging to the same species which live in the same habitat

Question 6

community

Answer 6

all different populations living in the same habitat

Question 7

biotic factors

Answer 7

living organisms in an ecosystem habitat

Question 8

abiotic physical factors

Answer 8

non living components of an ecosystem habitat

Question 9

predator

Answer 9

an animal which hunts another animal for food

Question 10

prey

Answer 10

an animal which is hunted by another animal for food

Question 11

carnivore

Answer 11

animal which only feeds on other animals

Question 12

herbivore

Answer 12

animal which only feeds on plants or plant materials

Question 13

omnivore

Answer 13

animal which feeds on both animals and plants

Question 14

producer

Answer 14

an organism which makes its own food

Question 15

consumer

Answer 15

organism which relies on another organism for food
anything that does not photosynthesize

Question 16

niche

Answer 16

role of an organism in an environment
predator prey student daughter producer

Question 17

environment

Answer 17

natural surroundings or conditions which affect the way of life of an organism (biotic and abiotic)

Question 18

detritivore

Answer 18

small organism which feeds on dead organic matter
(detritus)
earthworms maggots
see the mouth eating

Question 19

scavenger

Answer 19

consume a larger quantity of dead organic matter than detritivores many are a type of carnivore - hyena vulture

Question 20

saprotroph saprophyte

Answer 20

organism which feeds on dead organic matter at a microscopic level
digestion happens outside the saprotrophs body (external digestion)
fungi bacteria