Ecology Vocab.

Question 1

Biotic

Answer 1

Describes living factors in the environment

Question 2

Abiotic

Answer 2

Describes the non-living parts in the environment

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 organism that eats animals

Question 9

Omnivore

Answer 9

an organism that eats both plants and animals

Question 10

Food chain

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Food web

Answer 11

A diagram that shows the feeding relationship between organisms in an ecosystem

Question 12

Energy pyramind

Answer 12

a triangler diagram that shows an ecosystems loss of energy

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 organism

Question 15

predator

Answer 15

an organism that eats all or part of another organism

Question 16

Mutalism

Answer 16

a relationship between two species in which both species benefit

Question 17

Commensailsm

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Parasitism

Answer 18

the parasite benefits from one organism and is unharmed

Question 19

Producers

Answer 19

an organism that produces

Question 20

Decomposers

Answer 20

an organism that helps producers decompose

Question 21

Desert

Answer 21

a region that has little or no plant life long period without rain hot climates

Question 22

tundra

Answer 22

a treeless plain found in the artic in the antarctic or on the tops of mountains very low winter temperature.

Question 23

Temperate deciduous forest

Answer 23

shed their leaves to save water in the winter or during dry seasons

Question 24

Tropical rain forest

Answer 24

most of different kinds of plants and animals more than 100 different trees grow there

Question 25

Coniferous forest

Answer 25

conifers produce seeds in cones special leaves that are shaped like needles these needle have a thick waxy coating.

Question 26

savanna

Answer 26

a grassland that often has scattered trees and that is found in tropical and sub tropical areas

Question 27

Temperate grassland

Answer 27

flowering plants grasses few trees fires drought and grazing prevent plant life from growing