ecology vocabulary

Question 1

Biotic

Answer 1

relating to or resulting from living things, especially in their ecological relations.

Question 2

Abiotic

Answer 2

physical rather than biological; not derived from living organisms.

Question 3

Population

Answer 3

all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country.

Question 4

Community

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a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.

Question 5

Ecosystem

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a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

Question 6

Biosphere

Answer 6

the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth.

Question 7

Herbivore

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A herbivore is an animal that gets its energy from eating plants, and only plants.

Question 8

Carnivore

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an animal that feeds on flesh.

Question 9

Omnivore

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an animal or person that eats food of both plant and animal origin.

Question 10

Food chain

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food chain, in ecology, the sequence of transfers of matter and energy in the form of food from organism to organism.

Question 11

Food web

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A food web consists of all the food chains in a single ecosystem.

Question 12

Energy pyramid

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An energy pyramid, also known as a trophic or ecological pyramid, is a graphical representation of the energy found within the trophic levels of an ecosystem.

Question 13

Carrying capacity

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the number or quantity of people or things that can be conveyed or held by a vehicle or container.

Question 14

prey

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

Question 15

Predator

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an animal that naturally preys on others

Question 16

Mutualism

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the doctrine that mutual dependence is necessary to social well-being.

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Commensalism

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an association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither benefit nor harm.

Question 18

Parasitism

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the practice of living as a parasite in or on another organism.

Question 19

Producers

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Producers are any kind of green plant.

Question 20

Decomposers

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an organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material.

Question 21

Desert

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such land having a very warm climate and receiving less than 25 centimeters.

Question 22

Tundra

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In physical geography, tundra is a type of biome where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons

Question 23

Temperate deciduous forest

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The temperate deciduous forest is a biome that is always changing. It has four distinct seasons: winter, spring, summer and fall.

Question 24

Tropical rainforest

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Tropical rainforests are rainforests that occur in areas of tropical rainforest climate in which there is no dry season

Question 25

Coniferous forest

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vegetation composed primarily of cone-bearing needle-leaved or scale-leaved evergreen trees, found in areas that have long winters and moderate.

Question 26

Savanna

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a grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions, with few trees.

Question 27

Temperate grassland

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areas of open grassy plains that are sparsely populated with trees.