Unit A Section 1

Question 1

Any place or location where living and nonliving things interact.

Answer 1

Ecosystem

Question 2

The living parts of an ecosystem.

Answer 2

Biotic Factors

Question 3

The nonliving parts of the ecosystem.

Answer 3

Abiotic Factors

Question 4

One species benefits while one is harmed.

Answer 4

Parasitism

Question 5

One species receives the benefit.

Answer 5

Commensalism

Question 6

Both species benefit.

Answer 6

Mutualism

Question 7

A relationship between different species which benefits either or both species.

Answer 7

Symbiosis

Question 8

all the populations of different species that live and interact in the same place.

Answer 8

A community

Question 9

Some individuals of a species survive quite well in an ecosystem while others do not. Over several generations the offspring of a species become suited to the area in which they live.

Answer 9

Adaptation

Question 10

a group of organisms of the same species that live in a particular area.

Answer 10

Population

Question 11

Physical characteristic (skin, scales, feet, wings, mouth parts.

Answer 11

Structural Adaptation

Question 12

Learned characteristic.

Answer 12

Behavioural Adaptations

Question 13

predator: kill & eat other animals
prey: get eaten by predators.

Answer 13

Predation