ecology flashcards

Question 1

describes living factors in the enviroment

Answer 1

Biotic

Question 2

describes the nonliving part of the environment including waternrocks 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

an organism that eats only plants

Answer 7

Herbivore

Question 8

an organism that eats only animals

Answer 8

Carnivore

Question 9

an organism that eats both plants and animals

Answer 9

Omnivore

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Food chain

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Food web

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Energy pyramid

Question 13

the largest population that an enviroment can support at any given time

Answer 13

Carrying capacity

Question 14

an organism that is killed and eaten by another organism

Answer 14

Prey

Question 15

an organism that eats all or part of another organism

Answer 15

Predator

Question 16

a relationship between 2 species in which both speies benefit

Answer 16

Mutualism

Question 17

a relationship between 2 organisms in which 1 organism benefits and the other is unaffected

Answer 17

Commensalism

Question 18

a relationship between 2 species in which 1 species the parasite benefits from the other species the host which is harmed

Answer 18

Parasitism

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Producers

Question 20

an organism that gets energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms or animal wastes and consuming or absorbing the nutrients

Answer 20

Decomposers

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Desert

Question 22

a treeless plain found in the arctic in the antarctic or on the tops of mountains that is characterized by very low winter temperatures and short cool summers

Answer 22

Tundra

Question 23

in forests plant growth happens in layers the leafy tops of the trees reach high above forest floor where the leaves can get sunlight woody shrubs catch the light that filters through the trees ferns and mosses are scattered across the forest floor flowering plants often bloom in early spring before the trees frow new leavs

Answer 23

Temperate deciduous forest

Question 24

they have more kinds plants and animals than any other land biome

Answer 24

Tropical rainforest

Question 25

home to many insects and birds that eat those insects

Answer 25

Coniferous forest

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Savanna

Question 27

includes grasses and other flowering plants few trees fires, droughts, and grazing prevent the growth of trees and shrubs

Answer 27

Temperate grassland