Unit A section 1

Question 1

Ecosystem

Answer 1

Any place or location where living and nonliving things interact.

Question 2

biotic

Answer 2

the living parts of an ecosystem

Question 3

abiotic

Answer 3

the non-living parts of an ecosystem

Question 4

species

Answer 4

group of animals, plants or other living things that share common characteristics and are able to reproduce.

Question 5

population

Answer 5

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

Question 6

community

Answer 6

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

Question 7

symbiotic relationships

Answer 7

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

Question 8

commensalism

Answer 8

One species receives the benefit the other is unaffected.

Question 9

parasitism

Answer 9

One species benefits while one is harmed

Question 10

Mutual-ism

Answer 10

both species benefit

Question 11

adaptation

Answer 11

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. They change or adapt to meet all their needs.

Question 12

behavioral adaptation

Answer 12

Learned characteristic

Question 13

structural adaptation

Answer 13

physical characteristic

Question 14

predation

Answer 14

to kill and eat other animals