ecology checkpoint

Question 1

the study of interactions of living organisms with one another and with their environment

Answer 1

ecology

Question 2

breaks down dead organic matter

Answer 2

decomposers

Question 3

a group of living and nonliving things in a place that has a specific climate, landforms, vegetation, and other living species

Answer 3

ecosystem

Question 4

Living and once living parts of an ecosystem

Answer 4

biotic factors

Question 5

nonliving parts of an ecosystem

Answer 5

abiotic factors

Question 6

when plants use sunlight to make sugar molecules aka food

Answer 6

photosynthesis

Question 7

organisms that make their own food

Answer 7

producer

Question 8

organisms that get their energy by eating other organism

Answer 8

consumers

Question 9

only eats plants

Answer 9

herbivore

Question 10

only eats animals

Answer 10

carnivore

Question 11

eat both plants and animals

Answer 11

omnivore

Question 12

eats decaying biomass

Answer 12

scavengers

Question 13

when and organism eats another organism

Answer 13

energy transfer

Question 14

a sequence in which energy is transferred from one organism to the next as each organism eats another organism

Answer 14

food chain

Question 15

the energy that is passed from one level to the next

Answer 15

trophic energy

Question 16

Primary producers only pass 10% of their energy to primary consumers, who only pass 10% of their energy to secondary consumers…. Etc.

Answer 16

10% rule

Question 17

the part of the earth that contains all ecosystems

Answer 17

biosphere

Question 18

population that live together in a defined area

Answer 18

community

Question 19

group of organisms of one type that live in the same area

Answer 19

population

Question 20

individual living thing

Answer 20

organism

Question 21

a large region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plant animal and communities

Answer 21

biomass

Question 22

-Disease
-Predators
-Competition
-Amount of food & water available
-Natural disasters

Answer 22

limiting factor

Question 23

graph with no limiting factors, it keeps growing and going up

Answer 23

j-curve graph

Question 24

graph that shows the effects of limiting factors on a population (carrying capacity)

Answer 24

s-curve graph

Question 25

measurement of population per unit area (the more organisms in an area, the more dense it is.)

Answer 25

population density