Unit 1 Topic 1-3

Question 1

adaptation

Answer 1

the action or process of adapting or being adapted.

Question 2

adapt

Answer 2

make (something) suitable for a new use or purpose; modify.

Question 3

habitat

Answer 3

the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.

Question 4

ecology

Answer 4

science of interactions

Question 5

ecologist

Answer 5

a person who studies interaction, or ecology

Question 6

ecosystem

Answer 6

a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

Question 7

symbiosis

Answer 7

interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association, typically to the advantage of both.

Question 8

mutualism

Answer 8

a relationship where both organisms benefit.

Question 9

parasitism

Answer 9

a relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed

Question 10

Commensalism

Answer 10

a relationship where neither organism is harmed of helped. (unaffected)

Question 11

host

Answer 11

the organism that carried the other oganism

Question 12

parasite

Answer 12

an organism that lives in or on an organism of another species (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the other’s expense.

Question 13

natural resources

Answer 13

resources that come from the earth and are non-man made or grown

Question 14

sustainability

Answer 14

the ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level.

Question 15

ecological footprint

Answer 15

the impact of a person or community on the environment expressed as the amount of land required to sustain their use of natural resources.