Ecology

Question 1

Biosphere

Answer 1

the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the earth or another planet occupied by living organisms.

Question 2

Biome

Answer 2

a community of plants and animals that have common characteristics for the environment they exist in. They can be found over a range of continents.

Question 3

Ecosystem

Answer 3

a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

Question 4

Community

Answer 4

a group of interdependent plants or animals growing or living together in natural conditions or occupying a specified habitat.

Question 5

Population

Answer 5

a community of animals, plants, or humans among whose members interbreeding occurs.

Question 6

Organism

Answer 6

an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.

Question 7

Habitat

Answer 7

the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.

Question 8

Interdependence

Answer 8

the dependence of two or more people or things on each other.

Question 9

Biotic factor

Answer 9

the living components of an ecosystem. They are sorted into three groups: producers or autotrophs, consumers or heterotrophs, and decomposers or detritivores.

Question 10

Abiotic factor

Answer 10

non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms and the functioning of ecosystems.