ecology

Question 1

Biotic

Answer 1

describes living factors in the environment.

Question 2

Abiotic

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Population

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Community

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Ecosystem

Answer 5

a community of organisms and their abiotic environment.

Question 6

biosphere

Answer 6

the part of Earth where life exists.

Question 7

herbivore

Answer 7

an organism that eats only plants.

Question 8

carnivore

Answer 8

an organisms that eats animals.

Question 9

omnivore

Answer 9

an organism that eats both plats and animals.

Question 10

food chain

Answer 10

the pathway of energy transfer through various stages as a result of the feeding patterns of a series of organisms.

Question 11

food web

Answer 11

a diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem.

Question 12

energy pyramid

Answer 12

a triangular diagram that shows an ecosystem’s loss of energy, which results as energy passes through the ecosystem’s food chain.

Question 13

carrying capacity

Answer 13

the largest population that an environment can support at any given time.

Question 14

prey

Answer 14

an organism that is killed and eaten by another organisms.

Question 15

predator

Answer 15

an organism that eats all part of another organism.

Question 16

Mutualism

Answer 16

a relationship between two species in which both species benefit.

Question 17

commensalism

Answer 17

a relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected.

Question 18

parasitism

Answer 18

a relationship between two species in which one species, the parasite, benefits from the other species, the host, which is harmed.

Question 19

producers

Answer 19

an organism that can make its own food by using energy from its surroundings.

Question 20

decomposers

Answer 20

an organism that gets energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms or animals waste and consuming or absorbing the nutrients.

Question 21

desert

Answer 21

an area that has little or no plant life, long periods without rain, and extreme temperatures; usually found in hot climates.

Question 22

Tundra

Answer 22

a treeless plain found in the Arctic, in thee Antarctic, or on the tops of mountains that is characterized by very few low winter temperatures and short, cool summers.

Question 23

temperate deciduous forests

Answer 23

The trees shed their leaves to save water during the winter or during the dry season.

Question 24

tropical rainforest

Answer 24

The rain forests has more plants and animals than any other land biome.

Question 25

coniferous forest

Answer 25

very big trees and the ground gets very little sunlight because the trees block the sun.

Question 26

savannna

Answer 26

a grassland that often has scattered trees and that is found in tropical and subtropical areas where seasonal rains, fires, and drought happen.

Question 27

temperate grassland

Answer 27

Have very few trees.