Ecosystem

Question 1

Symbiosis

Answer 1

Interaction between two different organisms living in close physical typically to the advantage of both.

Question 2

Mutualism

Answer 2

Symbolisms which is beneficial of both organisms involved

Question 3

Parasitism

Answer 3

The practice of living as a parasite on or with another animal or organism.

Question 4

Commensalism

Answer 4

One doesn’t care

Question 5

Predator

Answer 5

The hunter searching for prey

Question 6

Prey

Answer 6

Something that the predator is trying to attack

Question 7

Detrivour

Answer 7

Breaks things up into smaller pieces

Question 8

Decomposer

Answer 8

Break things down and makes them small and breaks them down

Question 9

chemosynthetic

Answer 9

describes organisms that produce organic material using energy released from chemical reactions rather than light.

Question 10

Food chains

Answer 10

diagram that shows how the energy stored in one organism is passed to another

Question 11

Food webs

Answer 11

diagram showing several food chains joined together to demonstrate that animals eat more than one type of food

Question 12

First order

Answer 12

organism that is within the second trophic level of a food chain (herbivores); also known as a primary consumer

Question 13

Primary consumer

Answer 13

the first consumer in a food chain; also known as a first-order consumer

Question 14

Second order

Answer 14

organism that is within the third trophic level of a food chain (carnivores); also known as a secondary consumer

Question 15

Secondary consumer

Answer 15

the second consumer in a food chain; also known as a second-order consumer

Question 16

Energy pyramid

Answer 16

a representation of the level of food energy at each level within a food chain

Question 17

Pyramid of numbers

Answer 17

a representation of the population, or numbers of organisms, at each level within a food chain

Question 18

Pyramid of biomass

Answer 18

a representation of the dry mass of organisms at each level within a food chain

Question 19

Birth rate

Answer 19

the number of organisms within a population that are born within a particular period of time

Question 20

Death rate

Answer 20

the number of organisms within a population that die within a particular period of time

Question 21

Immigration

Answer 21

the number of individuals moving into an area

Question 22

Emigration

Answer 22

the number of individuals leaving an area

Question 23

Exponential growth

Answer 23

a rapid increase in number or size, represented by a J-shaped graph

Question 24

Sigmoid

Answer 24

the shape of a graph that shows a population increasing in number then reaching a plateau

Question 25

Equilibrium

Answer 25

a state in which conditions are balanced and there is neither growth nor a decrease in number; also known as steady state or plateau phase

Question 26

Zero population growth

Answer 26

the point at which birth and death rates balance each other out

Question 27

Carrying capacity

Answer 27

the maximum population size that a particular environment can sustain.