Ecology

Question 1

Abiotic Factors

Answer 1

Non-living factors

Question 2

Autotrophs

Answer 2

an organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals

Question 3

Biotic Factors

Answer 3

any living thing that has an effect on an ecosystem

Question 4

Bioaccumulation

Answer 4

an increase in the concentration of a chemical over time in a biological organism compared to the chemical’s concentration in the environment

Question 5

Carbon Sink

Answer 5

anything that absorbs more carbon from the atmosphere than it releases

Question 6

Carnivore

Answer 6

an organism that mostly eats meat, or the flesh of animals

Question 7

Commensalism

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Competition

Answer 8

the act or process of trying to get or win something (such as a prize or a higher level of success) that someone else is also trying to get or win