Ecosystems Dictionary

Question 1

Ecosystem

Answer 1

A community of living organisms interacting with the living and non living components of their environment.

Question 2

Community

Answer 2

All individuals of every species in an ecosystem

Question 3

Population

Answer 3

All the members of one species in an ecosystem

Question 4

Habitat

Answer 4

The area/environment in which an organism normally lives

Question 5

Food chain

Answer 5

Shows the transfer of substances and energy through an ecosystem.

Question 6

Trophic Level

Answer 6

The position an organism occupies in a food chain.

Question 7

Producers

Answer 7

An autotroph (capable of making food by photosynthesis)

Question 8

Consumers

Answer 8

An organism that obtains its energy eating another organism.

Question 9

Apex predator

Answer 9

The organism residing at the top of the food chain on which no creatures predate.

Question 10

Decomposers

Answer 10

Organisms that obtain their energy from breaking down dead organisms or excretions.