Introduction

Question 1

Ecology

Answer 1

The study of the interactions that take place among organisms and their environment.

Question 2

Biosphere

Answer 2

The part of Earth that supports life.

Question 3

Ecosystem

Answer 3

System formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment.

Question 4

Population

Answer 4

All the organisms in an ecosystem that belong to the same species.

Question 5

Community

Answer 5

All the populations in an ecosystem.

Question 6

Habitat

Answer 6

The place in which an organism lives.

Question 7

Limiting factor

Answer 7

Anything that restricts the number of individuals in a population.

Question 8

Succession

Answer 8

Gradual process of change in an ecosystem …by progressive replacement of one community by another until a stable climax reach.

Question 9

Pioneer species

Answer 9

A group of organisms, such as lichens, found in the primary stage of succession & that begin the soil building process of an area/region.

Question 10

Climax community

Answer 10

A community that has reached a stable stage of ecological succession.

Question 11

Biome

Answer 11

An area classified according to the species that live in that location.

Question 12

Tundra

Answer 12

A vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions with permanent frozen subsoil.

Question 13

Taiga

Answer 13

Northern subarctic coniferous forests.