ecology

Question 1

The study of the interactions of living organisms with one another and with their enviroment

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Biotic

Question 2

Describes the nonliving part of the environment, including water, rocks, light, and temperature

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Abiotic

Question 3

A group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area

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Population

Question 4

All the populations of species that live in the same habitat and interact with each other

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Community

Question 5

A community of organisms and their abiotic enviroment

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Ecosystem

Question 6

The part of Earth where life exists

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Biosphere

Question 7

An organism that eats only plants

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Herbivore

Question 8

An organism that eats eats animals

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Carnivore

Question 9

An organism that eats both plants and animals

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Omnivore

Question 10

A diagram that shows how energy in food flows from one organism to another

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Food chain

Question 11

A diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem

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Food web

Question 12

A triangular diagram that shows an ecosystem’s loss of energy

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Energy pyramid

Question 13

The largest population that an environment can support at any given time

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Carrying capacity

Question 14

An organism that is killed and eaten of another organism

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Prey

Question 15

An organism that eats all or part of another organism

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Predator

Question 16

A relationship between two species in which both species benefit

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Mutualism

Question 17

A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and other is unaffected

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Commensalism

Question 18

a relationship where the parasite benefits only

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Parasitism

Question 19

An organism that can make its own food

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Producers

Question 20

Is a barren area of land where little precipitation occurs and consequently living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life

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Desert

Question 21

Is a type of biome where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons

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Tundra

Question 22

Are dominated by trees that lose their leaves each year

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Temperate deciduous forest

Question 23

Usually of tall, densely growing, broad-leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall

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Tropical rain forest

Question 24

ais a terrestrial biome found in temperate regions of the world with warm summers and cool winters and adequate rainfall to sustain a forest

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Coniferous forest

Question 25

A grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions, with few trees

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Savanna

Question 26

Are terrestrial biomes whose predominant vegetation consists of grass and/or shrubs

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Temperate grassland