Ecosystems

Question 1

Organism

Answer 1

A living thing

Question 2

Habitat

Answer 2

An environment that provides the things a organism needs to live.

Question 3

Biotic factor

Answer 3

A living or once living part of an organisms habitat.

Question 4

Abiotic factor

Answer 4

A non living part of an organisms habitat.

Question 5

Population

Answer 5

All the members of one species.

Question 6

Community

Answer 6

All the different populations that live together in a certain area.

Question 7

Ecosystem

Answer 7

The community of organisms that live in an area.

Question 8

Limiting factor

Answer 8

An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease.

Question 9

Resources

Answer 9

To support the answer

Question 10

Density

Answer 10

The number of individuals in an area of a specific size.

Question 11

Producer

Answer 11

An organism that makes its own food.

Question 12

Consumer

Answer 12

An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms.

Question 13

Decomposer

Answer 13

An organism that gets energy by breaking down biotic wastes.

Question 14

Food chain

Answer 14

A series of events in an ecosystem.

Question 15

Food web

Answer 15

The pattern of overlapping feeding relationships.

Question 16

Energy pyramid

Answer 16

A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web.