Final

Question 1

Exotic Species

Answer 1

organisms that have been introduced to an area outside of their normal distribution

Question 2

Consumer

Answer 2

an organism that generally obtains food by feeding on other organisms

Question 3

Biodiversity

Answer 3

The variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem

Question 4

Populations

Answer 4

the group of individuals of the same species living in a given area

Question 5

Communities

Answer 5

an interacting group of various species in a common location

Question 6

Species

Answer 6

a group of organisms that can reproduce with one another

Question 7

Ecology

Answer 7

study of the distribution and abundance of organisms

Question 8

Ecosystem

Answer 8

a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment

Question 9

Biome

Answer 9

an area classified according to the species that live in that location

Question 10

Biotic

Answer 10

relating to or resulting from living things

Question 11

Autotroph

Answer 11

an organism that can produce its own food

Question 12

Decomposers

Answer 12

organism that breaks down dead organic material

Question 13

Threatened

Answer 13

a species is likely to become endangered

Question 14

Endangered

Answer 14

very high risk of extinction

Question 15

Vulnerable

Answer 15

high risk of extinction

Question 16

Extirpated

Answer 16

no longer exists within a certain geographical location

Question 17

Tundra

Answer 17

zone of treeless level or rolling ground found in cold regions

Question 18

Boreal Forest

Answer 18

forests growing in high-latitude environments

Question 19

Temperate Deciduos Forest

Answer 19

temperate forest ‘dominated’ by trees that lose their leaves each year

Question 20

Glasslands Biome

Answer 20

large open areas of grasses

Question 21

Primary

Answer 21

those that consume the primary producers (plants)

Question 22

Secondary

Answer 22

those that consume the primary consumers (herbivores)

Question 23

Tertiary

Answer 23

those that eats the secondary consumers (large predators)

Question 24

Sustainability

Answer 24

the quality of not being harmful to the environment

Question 25

Reactants

Answer 25

The substances which undergo chemical change in a reaction

Question 26

Products

Answer 26

the species formed from chemical reactions

Question 27

Compounds

Answer 27

a substance made from two or more different elements

Question 28

Elements

Answer 28

A pure substance that cannot be broken down into any other substances because it consists of only one type of atom

Question 29

Atoms

Answer 29

Particles of matter

Question 30

h

Answer 30

h

Question 31

What is meant by the term “Law of Conservation of Mass”?

Answer 31

mass is neither created nor destroyed in chemical reactions

Question 32

. What is meant by the term “Law of Conservation of Energy”?

Answer 32

mass is neither created nor destroyed in chemical reactions

Question 33

What difficulties has the introduction of exotic species done to native species populations in the Great Lakes?

Answer 33

affected the economy, health, and well being of the people that rely on the system

Question 34

What is meant by the term “Artificial Ecosystem”?

Answer 34

human made structures where biotic and abiotic components are made to interact with each other for survival. It is not self sustaining and can perish without human help.