Ecology~Vocab~November

Question 1

mutualism

Answer 1

both organisms benefit (symbiosis)

Question 2

commensalism

Answer 2

1 organisms benefits, the other is not harmed (symbiosis)

Question 3

parasitism

Answer 3

1 organisms benefits other is not harmed (symbiosis)

Question 4

ecology

Answer 4

the studie of living organisms/life

Question 5

pioneering species

Answer 5

The first species to be found after a natural disaster

Question 6

Food chain

Answer 6

A model that shows a feeding relations for one living organism

Question 7

Producer

Answer 7

Provides its own nutrients/ makes its own food

Question 8

Succession

Answer 8

Ecological succession is the process of change in the species structure of an ecological community over time

Question 9

Carbon Cycle

Answer 9

The carbon cycle is the biogeochemical cycle by which carbon is exchanged among the biosphere, pedosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere of the Earth

Question 10

Biome

Answer 10

A biome is a community of biotic and a biotic factors that have common characteristics for the environment they exist in.

Question 11

Water Cycle

Answer 11

describes the continuous movement of water on, above and below the surface of the Earth.

Question 12

Food web

Answer 12

A model that shows feeding relations between many different living organisms

Question 13

Decomposer

Answer 13

organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms

Question 14

Prey

Answer 14

an animal that is hunted and killed by another for food.

Question 15

Predator

Answer 15

an animal that naturally preys on others