ko definitions of the week

Question 1

Habitat

Answer 1

The area in which an organism lives

Question 2

Individual

Answer 2

Single organism

Question 3

Population

Answer 3

Collection of organisms of the same species in a habitat

Question 4

Community

Answer 4

Collection of populations in a habitat

Question 5

Ecosystem

Answer 5

The interaction of a community of living organisms (biotic) with the non-living (abiotic) parts of the environment.

Question 6

Competition

Answer 6

Plants compete for light, space, water, and mineral ions.

Animals compete for food, mates, and territory.

Question 7

Interdependence

Answer 7

Within a community each species depends on other species for food, shelter, pollination, etc.

Question 8

Adaptations

Answer 8

A feature an organism has that allows it to survive in its ecosystem.

Question 9

Biotic factors

Answer 9

Availability of food, new predators, new pathogens, other species outcompeting each other.

Question 10

Abiotic factors

Answer 10

Light intensity, temperature, moisture levels, oxygen level, carbon dioxide levels, wind intensity, soil pH.