Habitats, environment and survival

Question 1

Habitat

Answer 1

The location or place where an organism lives at a given time

Question 2

Where would an organism be found?

Answer 2

In a location or natural settings where they can obtain the energy and matter required for living and where conditions are suitable for their survival and reproduction

Question 3

generalised habitats

Answer 3

Terrestrial
Aquatic -freshwater
-marine
-estuarine

Question 4

Freshwater habitats are?

Answer 4

lakes, rivers, ponds

Question 5

Marine habitats are?

Answer 5

coral reefs, sandy coastal seafloors, coastal seas, open ocean waters

Question 6

Estuarine habitats are?

Answer 6

river mouths that are effected by tidal movements

Question 7

Microhabitat

Answer 7

The more localised part of a general habitat where an organism lives

Question 8

typical resources needed for a animal

Answer 8

food, water, shelter, breeding sites

Question 9

typical resources needed for a plant

Answer 9

sunlight, space, water and mineral nutrients

Question 10

range

Answer 10

The geographic area that encloses all the habitats where a species live

Question 11

Migratory

Answer 11

a species moves in a predictable way between very widely separated habitats annually or once in a lifetime

Question 12

niche

Answer 12

the way of life of a species

• the role or profession of a species
• the status or role of an organism in its habitat

Question 13

Pg 314 know

Answer 13

a

Question 14

abiotic

Answer 14

factors that are not living

Question 15

biotic

Answer 15

factors that are living

Question 16

terrestrial

Answer 16

on the ground

Question 17

aquatic

Answer 17

in water

Question 18

marine

Answer 18

in seas

Question 19

arboreal

Answer 19

in trees

Question 20

fossorial

Answer 20

digging undergroud

Question 21

herbivorous

Answer 21

plant-eating

Question 22

frugivorous

Answer 22

fruit-eating

Question 23

carnivorous

Answer 23

animal-eating

Question 24

omnivorous

Answer 24

animal and plant eating

Question 25

diurnal

Answer 25

by day

Question 26

nocturnal

Answer 26

by night

Question 27

crepuscular

Answer 27

at dawn and dusk

Question 28

Environment

Answer 28

the physical, chemical and biological conditions that exist in a habitat

Question 29

qualitative

Answer 29

a description of an environment in imprcise terms such as 'shady', 'warm'

Question 30

quantitative

Answer 30

a description of an environment unsing numerical values such as '10C', '75% cover'

Question 31

micro-environment

Answer 31

conditions in a small region of a habitat