Ecology Flashcards
What is an organism
A living thing
What is ecology
The study of organisms and their interaction with the environment
What is a habitat
Where organisms live
What is a community
The different populations and different organisms that live in an ecosystem
What is a population
The number of species of organisms that live in a ecosystem
What is an ecosystem
A group of interacting organisms and their environment
What are some environmental factors
Temperature, light intensity,wind speed
What is competition in an ecosystem
The active struggle between organisms for a scarce resource
Ex . Water or prey
What equipment is used to collect small animals
Poorer , sweep net , betting tray or pitfall trap
What is an identification key
A chatty used to identify organisms
What is a quadrat
A square frame used to estimate plant numbers
What is a adaption
How a species adapts to its habitat
What is evolution
How a species changed over time
What is a line transect
A line that can be placed across a habitat to measure species distribution
What is a food chain
A chain of organisms in which one is eaten by the next and energy is passed along the train
