Unit 3: 3.1

Question 1

SPECIES

Answer 1

A group of living things that can breed to produce fertile offspring.

Question 2

BIODIVERSITY

Answer 2

The variety of living things in a defined area.

Question 3

POPULATION

Answer 3

All the organisms of the species living in the same area.

Question 4

HABITAT

Answer 4

The place where organisms live live.

Question 5

PRODUCER

Answer 5

A plant at the beginning of a food chain that can produce it’s own food.

Question 6

CONSUMER

Answer 6

An animal in a food chain that eats something else. (other animal or plant)

Question 7

HERBIVORE

Answer 7

An organism that only eats plants.

Question 8

CARNIVORE

Answer 8

An organism that only eats animals.

Question 9

OMNIVORE

Answer 9

An organism that eats both plants and animals.

Question 10

PREDATOR

Answer 10

An organism that hunts prey.

Question 11

PREY

Answer 11

An organism that is hunted by a predator.

Question 12

COMMUNITY

Answer 12

All the organisms in an ecosystem.

Question 12

NICHE

Answer 12

The role an organism plays within its community.

Question 13

INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION

Answer 13

When individuals of the same species compete for all the same resources they need.

Question 14

INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION

Answer 14

When individuals of different species compete for one or a few of the resources they require.