Ecology

Question 1

Population

Answer 1

All of one single species

Question 2

Community

Answer 2

All living things in an area

Question 3

Ecosystem

Answer 3

Living and non-living things in an area

Question 4

Biosphere

Answer 4

All of the Earth with life

Question 5

Abiotic factors

Answer 5

Non-living things

Question 6

Biotic factors

Answer 6

Living things

Question 7

Niche

Answer 7

The role an organism plays in its ecosystem.

Question 8

Carrying capacity

Answer 8

The maximum number of organisms that the ecosystem can support

Question 9

Biodiversity

Answer 9

The different types of species in a given area

Question 10

Succession

Answer 10

The process by which ecosystems change over time

Question 11

Climax Community

Answer 11

The ecosystem reaches a stable ecosystem

Question 12

Producer/Primary

Answer 12

Makes their own food through photosynthesis

Question 13

Consumer

Answer 13

Eat other organisms for energy

Question 14

Decomposer

Answer 14

Break down dead organisms and waste. They recycle the energy making the energy come back to the soil

Question 15

Predators & Preys

Answer 15

Hunts and kills prey. The population of both depend on each other

Question 16

Food Webs

Answer 16

Show many food chains interconnected together

Question 17

Food chains

Answer 17

The transfer of energy from one organism to another in a community

Question 18

Primary Consumer

Answer 18

They eat producers and herbivore

Question 19

Secondary Consumers

Answer 19

They eat primary consumers.

Question 20

Third Consumers

Answer 20

They are omnivores. Apex. At the top of the food chain or energy pyramid

Question 21

Cell Respiration

Answer 21

Way to get energy. C6 H12 O6+O2 = ATP + CO2 + H2O

Question 22

Parasitism

Answer 22

Parasite benefits and host is affected negatively

Question 23

Mutualism

Answer 23

Both benefit

Question 24

Commensalism

Answer 24

One benefits and the other is unaffected

Question 25

Energy pyramid 1

Answer 25

Shows the relative amount of energy available at each trophic level

Question 26

Habitat

Answer 26

The place where an animal or plant lives

Question 27

Biome

Answer 27

Group of terrestrial ecosystems that have the same climate & communities

Question 28

Limiting factors

Answer 28

Anything that restricts the size of the population. 2 types of limiting factors: Biotic and Abiotic

Question 29

Biotic Factors

Answer 29

Competition: The best adapted will increase and the other will die out or move out
Indirect competition: Struggle for resources among organisms in an ecosystem

Question 30

Abiotic Factors

Answer 30

Amount of: Energy, temperature, water, carbon dioxide, oxygen, soil, nutrients

Question 31

What happens if 2 organisms occupy the same niche?

Answer 31

Organisms would compete until the best adapted wins

Organisms can appear to occupy the same niche, but under more careful observation, they do not.

Question 32

Circle of life

Answer 32

All things are dependent on one another

Question 33

Primary Succession

Answer 33

When an ecosystem develops for the very first time. There is no soil

Question 34

Secondary Succession

Answer 34

When an ecosystem is destroyed and then re-grows over time

Question 35

Pioneer species

Answer 35

The first group of organisms that inhabit an ecosystem

Question 36

Destruction of Climax Communities

Answer 36

Wildfire, Volcanic eruptions, Floods, Deforestation, Tornadoes, Mudslides, Acid rain, etc.

Question 37

Aerobic respiration

Answer 37

Oxygen + Sugar= Carbon dioxide + Energy + Water

Question 38

Photosythesis

Answer 38

Carbon dioxide + Water= Oxygen + Sugar

Question 39

Nitrogen

Answer 39

Component of DNA and protein