Sustaining Ecosystems Theory

Question 1

Define ecosystem

Answer 1

An ecosystem is a unit that includes all the biotic and abiotic parts in an area.

Question 2

Define flora

Answer 2

Flora refers to the naturally occurring plant life of a region.

Question 3

Define fauna

Answer 3

Fauna refers to the naturally occurring animal life is a region.

Question 4

Define producer

Answer 4

A producer is an organism that uses solar energy to produce food.

Question 5

Define consumer

Answer 5

A consumer is an organism that gets its energy by eating other organisms - producers or other consumers.

Question 6

Define scavenger

Answer 6

A scavenger is an organism that consumes dead organisms to break down the organic materials into smaller particles.

Question 7

Define decomposer

Answer 7

A decomposer is an organism that gets its energy from the small particles left by scavengers by breaking down the dead material.

Question 8

Define herbivore

Question 9

Define carnivore

Question 10

Define omnivore

Question 11

Define adaptations

Question 12

Define nutrient cycling

Question 13

Define litter

Question 14

Define biomass

Question 15

Define soil

Question 16

Define groundwater

Question 17

Define evapotranspiration

Question 18

Define precipitation

Question 19

Define energy flows

Question 20

Define photosynthesis

Question 21

Define habitat

Question 22

Define biomes

Question 23

Define temperate forest

Question 24

Define polar region

Question 25

Define desert

Question 26

Define tropical rainforest

Question 27

Define grassland

Question 28

Define coral reef

Question 29

Define continental shelf

Question 30

Define climate graph

Question 31

Define stratification

Question 32

Define canopy

Question 33

Define under-canopy

Question 34

Define shrub layer

Question 35

Define herb layer

Question 36

Define ground layer

Question 37

Define emergent

Question 38

Define buttress roots

Question 39

Define lianas

Question 40

Define epiphytes

Question 41

Define drip-tips

Question 42

Define tropics

Question 43

Define microclimate

Question 44

Define humus

Question 45

Define latosol

Question 46

Define leaching

Question 47

Define soil horizon

Question 48

Define topography

Question 49

Define vegetation

Question 50

Define aridity