Vocabulary

Question 1

Abiotic

Answer 1

The non living things in an ecosystem

Question 2

Food web

Answer 2

A model that shows how food chains link together

Question 3

Producer

Answer 3

An organism that uses an outside source, such as the sun, and produces its own food

Question 4

Sustainability

Answer 4

The property of biological systems that remain diverse and productive indefinitely

Question 5

Niche

Answer 5

The way a species interacts with abiotic and biotic factors to obtain food, find shelter, and fufill other needs (what does the organism do in its environment)

Question 6

Limiting factor

Answer 6

A factor that can limit the growth of a population

Question 7

Long term env. change

Answer 7

Env. Change that occurs over a long period of time and affects organisms over generations

Question 8

Short term env. Change

Answer 8

Env. Change that occurs quickly and affects organisms immediately

Question 9

Predator-prey relationship

Answer 9

An interaction between two animals in which one of them hunts and feeds on the other organisms

Question 10

Population

Answer 10

A group of organisms of the same species living together in the same area

Question 11

Subsequent population

Answer 11

Population sizes of a species change over time, creating new populations with genetic variation

Question 12

Ecosystem

Answer 12

All of the living and nonliving components in a specific area

Question 13

Urbanization

Answer 13

The process of an area moving from rural (country) area to an urban (city) area

Question 14

Biotic

Answer 14

The living things of an ecosystem

Question 15

Adaptation

Answer 15

An inherited trait that increases an organism’s chance of surviving and reproducing in a particular environment

Question 16

Consumer

Answer 16

An organism that cannot make its own food and gets energy by eating other organisms (has a mouth)

Question 17

Biodiversity

Answer 17

The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem

Question 18

Omnivore

Answer 18

An organism that feeds on meat and vegetation

Question 19

Herbivore

Answer 19

An organism that feeds on vegetation

Question 20

Carnivore

Answer 20

An organisms that feeds on meat

Question 21

Tolerance

Answer 21

The range of conditions that an organisms can withstand

Question 22

Parasitism

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Producer-consumer relationship

Answer 23

An interaction where an animal consumes a plant to get energy

Question 24

Species

Answer 24

A group of similar organisms that can breed with one another

Question 25

Genetic variation

Answer 25

Differences in traits among organisms in the same population or species

Question 26

Competition

Answer 26

The demand for resources, such as food, water, and shelter, in short supply in a community. (Organisms struggling with others for survival)

Question 27

Symbiosis

Answer 27

A relation ship between 2 species.