Populations

Question 1

Define habitat

Answer 1

The place in which an organism lives

Question 2

Define ecology

Answer 2

The study of the interrelationships between organisms and their abiotic and biotic environment

Question 3

Define the term abiotic environment

Answer 3

Non living conditions affecting a community or an organism like temperature or soil PH

Question 4

Define the term biotic environment

Answer 4

The living conditions that affect a community or an organism like competition, predation and disease

Question 5

Define the term population

Answer 5

An interbreeding group of organisms of the same species occupying a particular habitat

Question 6

Define the term community

Answer 6

Interacting populations of two or more species in the same habitat at the time

Question 7

Define the term ecosystem

Answer 7

A characteristic community of interdependent species interacting with the abiotic components of the habitat

Question 8

Define the term niche

Answer 8

The role and position of a species in its environment including all interactions with the biotic and abiotic factors of its environment