Unit A Section 1 Vocab

Question 1

species

Answer 1

is a group of organisms that have the same structure and can reproduce with one another.

Question 2

Biological diversity

Answer 2

the variety of species and ecosystems on Earth and the ecological processes of which they are a part; ecosystem diversity, community diversity, and genetic diversity are three main components

Question 3

ecosystem

Answer 3

a particular environment where living things interact with other living things and nonliving things

Question 4

population

Answer 4

group of individuals of the same species living in an area

Question 5

community

Answer 5

a group of populations of different

species living in the same area

Question 6

Variation

Answer 6

Different shapes and sizes in a species sometimes depending on genetics such as ladybugs have different genetic-wise different colors.

Question 7

KPS CO FGS

Answer 7

• Kingdom
• Phylum
• Subphylum
• Class
• Order
• Family
• Genus
• Species

Question 8

kingdom

Answer 8

one of the five or six main categories in
the current classification system of living things

Animalia (animals)
Plantae (plants)
Fungi (yeasts, molds, and mushrooms)
Protista (mostly single-celled organisms
 Monera (bacteria)

Question 9

phylum

Answer 9

(plural, phyla) a major category in the
classification of living things, more general than a
class, but more specific than a kingdom

Question 10

subphylum

Answer 10

(plural subphyla) a secondary category
of a phylum in the classification of living things,
which includes one or more classes

Question 11

class

Answer 11

a category in the classification of living
things, more general than an order, but more
specific than a phylum

Pinopsida
Mammalia
Osteichthyes (Fish)

Question 12

order

Answer 12

a category in the classification of living
things, more general than a family, but more
specific than a class

Question 13

family

Answer 13

(in biology) a category in the classification
of living things, more general than a genus, but
more specific than an order

Question 14

genus

Answer 14

(plural, genera) a category in the
classification of living things, more general than a
species, but more specific than a family

Question 15

producers

Answer 15

Producers are organisms that create their own food from photosynthesis

Question 16

consumers

Answer 16

The organisms that eat the producers are the primary consumers

Question 17

decomposer

Answer 17

A decomposer is an organism that decomposes, or breaks down, organic material such as the remains of dead organisms

Question 18

Mutualism

Answer 18

the relationship between species in

which both species benefit

Question 19

symbiosis

Answer 19

Another type of interdependence is called symbiosis

the relationship between two different
species

Question 20

commensalism

Answer 20

the relationship between species in
which one species benefits, and the other species
neither benefits nor is harmed

Question 21

parasitism

Answer 21

the relationship between species in
which one species benefits and the other species
is harmed

Question 22

photosynthesis

Answer 22

the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water.

Question 23

Habitat

Answer 23

area where animals live

Question 24

niche

Answer 24

the role of an organism or species in an
ecosystem, including where it lives, what it eats,
how it reproduces, and how it interacts with other
living and non-living things

Question 25

Interspecies competition

Answer 25

two or more species using

the same limited resource

Question 26

Intraspecies competition

Answer 26

Competition within a species for resources.

Question 27

Prey

Answer 27

an animal that is hunted

Question 28

Predator

Answer 28

an animal that naturally preys on others.

Question 29

Generalists

Answer 29

organisms that feed on any kind of food and live in all kinds of climatic conditions.

Question 30

Specialists

Answer 30

Eat only a specific type of food and live in a specific climate

Question 31

resource

partitioning

Answer 31

division of a resource among
two or more coexisting species such that the niche
of each species differs slightly