Unit A section 1

Question 1

ecosystem

Answer 1

Any place or location where living and nonliving things interact.

Question 2

Biotic factors

Answer 2

The living parts of an ecosystem.

Question 3

Abiotic factors

Answer 3

The nonliving parts of the ecosystem.

Question 4

species

Answer 4

a 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{symbiosis}

Answer 7

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

Question 8

commenalism

Answer 8

One species receives the benefit the other is unafected

Question 9

parasitism

Answer 9

One species benefits while one is harmed

Question 10

mutualism

Answer 10

Both species benefit.

Question 11

parasitism

Answer 11

One species benefits while one is harmed.

Question 12

Adaptation

Answer 12

Some individuals of a species survive quite well in an ecosystem while others do not.

Question 13

sustainability

Answer 13

means to use our natural resources slowly so they can be renewed faster than we use them.

Question 14

Ecological footprint

Answer 14

the impact you have on Earth.

Question 15

4 R’s

Answer 15

reuse recycle recover reduce

Question 16

Predation

Answer 16

kill & eat other animals
get eaten by predatorsc

Question 17

behavioural

Answer 17

Learned characteristic

Question 18

structional

Answer 18

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