Ecology

Question 1

The study of organisms and their interactions with their environment and other organisms

Answer 1

Ecology

Question 2

The nonliving things

Answer 2

Abiotic

Question 3

The living things

Answer 3

Biotic

Question 4

Individual within a species

Answer 4

Organism

Question 5

All members of the same species in an area

Answer 5

Population

Question 6

Several populations living and interacting within the same area

Answer 6

Community`

Question 7

Community plus abiotic factors

Answer 7

Ecosystem

Question 8

Many similar ecosystems within a large area

Answer 8

Biome

Question 9

All of the biomes of the entire world

Answer 9

Biosphere

Question 10

The organisms that get energy from the sun, the first level of an energy pyramid

Answer 10

Producer

Question 11

The organisms that eat the producers, the second level of the energy pyramid

Answer 11

Primary Consumer

Question 12

The organisms that usually eat the primary consumers, or sometimes the producers themselves, they are the third level in the energy pyramid

Answer 12

Secondary Consumer

Question 13

Top dog of the food chain, the last level of an energy pyramid

Answer 13

Tertiary Consumer

Question 14

A diagram that shows how energy travels through an ecosystem

Answer 14

Energy Pyramid

Question 15

Level of energy within the energy pyramid

Answer 15

Trophic Level

Question 16

All of the mass of the living things in the world/area

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Biomass

Question 17

Rule that states only about 10% of the energy gets passed onto the next level

Answer 17

10% Rule

Question 18

Plants do this to harness energy to make sugars; energy+CO2+ H2O

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Photosynthesis

Question 19

All non-plants do this, process of breaking down sugars; C6H12O6+O2

Answer 19

Cell Repsiration

Question 20

How a population is organized

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Population distribution

Question 21

If this is high, there are many organisms in one are, if it is low, there are not so many

Answer 21

Population density

Question 22

Something that can change the number of organisms to lower the population’s density, done by the organism(s)

Answer 22

Density dependent factors

Question 23

Something that has an effect on the population that lowers it, but it is out of the organism(s) control

Answer 23

Density independent factors

Question 24

A graph of growth under ideal conditions-it has a J-shape

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Exponential Growth

Question 25

A graph that shows how real world resources are shared and not endless-results in an S-shape

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Limited Growth

Question 26

Change in number of individuals over time

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Growth Rate

Question 27

The number of organisms an environment can hold

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Carrying Capacity