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

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

mutualism

Answer 9

Both species benefit.

Question 10

parasitism

Answer 10

One species benefits while one is harmed

Question 11

behavioral adaption

Answer 11

when an animal has adapted to the place they live in

Question 12

structural adaption

Answer 12

when the have adaptions so that they can survive in the wild

Question 13

predation

Answer 13

is the relation between preder and pre

Question 14

Producer

Answer 14

a producer Produces food and energy for themselves

Question 15

Consumer

Answer 15

seek out and eat (consume) other living things for food

Question 16

Herbivore

Answer 16

eats only plants/producers

Question 17

Carnivore

Answer 17

eats other animals

Question 18

Omnivore

Answer 18

eats plants and animals

Question 19

Scavenger

Answer 19

organisms that feed on dead or decaying plant or animal matter

Question 20

Food Web

Answer 20

are a combination of several food chains

Question 21

Primary consumer

Answer 21

herbivores

Question 22

Secondary consumer

Answer 22

carnivores and omnivores