HUME Module 1.3

Question 1

Anything that is living and occupies a place of area called habitat.

Answer 1

Organism

Question 2

Group of interbreeding organisms living within a specific area

Answer 2

Populations

Question 3

Characteristics of Populations (2)

Answer 3

Size and Extends through time

Question 4

A number of populations of different organisms that occupy & interact in a given area.

Answer 4

Community

Question 5

Any defined area of nature that includes living organisms & non-living substances
interacting with each other.

Answer 5

Ecosystem

Question 6

A major unit of the Ecology

Answer 6

Ecosystem

Question 7

Structural components of an ecosystem (2)

Answer 7

Biotic and Abiotic (Non-living & Living)

Question 8

One organism serves as the
food source for another.

Answer 8

Predator-prey interaction

Question 9

relationship between species that is
beneficial to one, but neutral or of no benefit to the other.

Answer 9

Commensalism

Question 10

beneficial to both organisms; the interaction is necessary for the survival and growth of each species.

Answer 10

Mutualism

Question 11

interaction between two species in which one benefits at the expense of the other organism (parasite-host).

Answer 11

Parasitism

Question 12

auto-trophs/self-productive biotic components

Answer 12

Producers

Question 13

herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores are examples of this kind of biotic component

Answer 13

Consumers (Macro-consumers)

Question 14

saprotophs biotic components

Answer 14

Decomposers (Micro-consumers)

Question 15

It is a series of feeding
relationships between organisms that
shows who eats whom.

Answer 15

Food Chain