ecology

Question 1

describes living factors in the environment

Answer 1

biotic

Question 2

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

Answer 2

abiotic

Question 3

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

Answer 3

population

Question 4

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

Answer 4

community

Question 5

a community of organisms and their abiotic enviroment

Answer 5

ecosystem

Question 6

the part of earth where life exists

Answer 6

biosphere

Question 7

animal that eats only plants

Answer 7

herbivore

Question 8

animal that eats only meat

Answer 8

carnivore

Question 9

animal that eats both plants and meat

Answer 9

omnivore

Question 10

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

Answer 10

food chain

Question 11

diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in a ecosystem

Answer 11

food web

Question 12

triangular diagram that shows an ecosystems loss of energy which results as energy passes through the ecosystems food chain

Answer 12

energy pyramid

Question 13

the largest population that an environment can support at any giving time

Answer 13

carrying capacity

Question 14

an organism that is kiled and eaten by another organism

Answer 14

prey

Question 15

organism that eats all or part of another organism

Answer 15

predator

Question 16

a relationship between two species in which both species benefit

Answer 16

mutualism

Question 17

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

Answer 17

commensalism

Question 18

relationship between two species in which one species the paraiite benefits from the other species the host which is harmed

Answer 18

parasitsm

Question 19

organism eiher a green plant or bacterium

Answer 19

producers

Question 20

organism that break down dead or decaying organsms

Answer 20

Decomposers

Question 21

landscape that recives very little precipiation

Answer 21

Desert

Question 22

vast, flat, treeless arctic region

Answer 22

Tundra

Question 23

dominated by trees that lose their leaves each year

Answer 23

Temperate deciduous forest

Question 24

annual rainfall of at least 100 in

Answer 24

Tropical rainforest

Question 25

terrestrial biome

Answer 25

Coniferous forest

Question 26

rolling grassland scattered with shrubs and isolated trees

Answer 26

Savanna

Question 27

area that is dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation

Answer 27

Temperate grassland