Key Terms And Definitions

Question 1

Ecosystem

Answer 1

A community of living and non living things that interact in the habitat where they live.

Question 2

Abiotic

Answer 2

Non- living

Question 3

Biotic

Answer 3

Living, organic

Question 4

Biomes

Answer 4

Large ecosystem, an area on the earths surface that has similar climate, soils, plants and animals

Question 5

Temperate

Answer 5

Mild, moderate

Question 6

Abscission

Answer 6

The process of leaf fall during the autumn season

Question 7

TRUE OR FALSE?
The UK is a temperate biome

Answer 7

TRUUEEEE

Question 8

Deciduous

Answer 8

A woodland that looses its leaves annually

Question 9

Coniferous

Answer 9

Trees that have needle shaped leave

Question 10

Food webs

Answer 10

A complex food chain

Question 11

Food chain

Answer 11

A sequence between producers and consumers

Question 12

Open system

Answer 12

A system which matter can enter from or escape to the surroundings

Question 13

Closed system

Answer 13

A system in which no matter is allowed to enter or leave

Question 14

Carnivore

Answer 14

An animal that only eats meat

Question 15

Herbivore

Answer 15

An animal that only eats plants

Question 16

Consumer

Answer 16

An organism that eats other organisms

Question 17

Producers

Answer 17

Organisms that make their own food

Question 18

Tropic levels

Answer 18

the position of an organism in the food chain and ranges from a value of 1 for primary producers to 5 for marine mammals and humans

Question 19

Decomposers

Answer 19

Organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms

Question 20

Nutrient cycle

Answer 20

a system where energy and matter are transferred between living organisms and non-living parts of the environment.

Question 21

Desertification

Answer 21

The gradual transition between habitable land into desert

Question 22

Deforestation

Answer 22

The purposeful clearing of the land