Vocab Fish anatomy

Question 1

all the living things and nonliving things in a given area

Answer 1

ecosystem

Question 2

a nonliving thing in an ecosystem.

Answer 2

abiotic factor

Question 3

a living or once living thing in an ecosystem.

Answer 3

biotic factor

Question 4

the place within an organism lives provides the biotic and abiotic factors an organism needs to survive and reproduce

Answer 4

habitat

Question 5

all the organism of the same species that live in the same area at the same time

Answer 5

population

Question 6

all the populations living in an ecosystem at the same time

Answer 6

community

Question 7

the size of a population compared to the amount of space available

Answer 7

population density

Question 8

the way a species interacts with abiotic and biotic factors to obtain food find sheleer and fulfill other needs

Answer 8

niche

Question 9

the demand for resoures such as food water and shelter in short supply in a community

Answer 9

competition

Question 10

condition that occurs when a population becomes so large that it causes damage to the environment

Answer 10

overpopulation

Question 11

the act of one organism the predator feeding on another organism its prey

Answer 11

predation

Question 12

a close long term relationship between two species that usually involves an exchanges of food or energy

Answer 12

symbiosis

Question 13

a symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit

Answer 13

mutualism

Question 14

a symbiotic relationship that benefits one species but does not harm or benefit the other

Answer 14

commensalism

Question 15

a symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is harmed

Answer 15

parasitism

Question 16

an organism that uses an outside energy source such as the sun and producer its own food

Answer 16

producer

Question 17

an organism that cannot that cannot make its own food and gets energy by eating other organisms

Answer 17

consumer

Question 18

a model of energy that flows in an ecosteytem through feeding relationship

Answer 18

food chain

Question 19

a model of energy tranfers that can show how the food chain in a communtiy are internal connected

Answer 19

food web