Unit 7 vocab

Question 1

Abiotic

Answer 1

Soil is an example of an Abiotic

Question 2

Biotic

Answer 2

Animals and plants are examples of a Biotic

Question 3

Biodiversity

Answer 3

a group of animal like a pack of wolves

Question 4

Climax community

Answer 4

a pack of wolves moving from place to place

Question 5

Limiting factor

Answer 5

a food chain is an example of Limiting factor

Question 6

Microhabitat

Answer 6

a food web is an example of Microhabitat

Question 7

Pioneer species

Answer 7

birds living in trees before humans come and cut down the trees the expand their land

Question 8

Primary succession

Answer 8

a process that develops a biotic community in a previously uninhabited and barren habitat with little or no soil

Question 9

Secondary succession

Answer 9

a process started by an event that reduces an already established ecosystem to a smaller population of species

Question 10

Sustainability

Answer 10

ability to maintain ecological processes over long periods of time; ability of an ecosystem to maintain its structure and function over time

Question 11

Biome

Answer 11

a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat, e.g. forest or tundra.