Vocabulary 2

Question 0

Omnivore

Answer 0

Eats plants and other animals.

Question 1

Herbivore

Answer 1

Eats only plants.

Question 2

Carnivore

Answer 2

Eats only other animals.

Question 3

Invasive Species

Answer 3

An alien species whose introduction does or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health.

Question 4

Energy Pyramid

Answer 4

An ecological pyramid (or trophic pyramid) is a graphical representation designed to show the biomass or biomass productivity at each trophic level in a given ecosystem.

Question 5

Biome

Answer 5

A large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat, e.g., forest or tundra.

Question 6

Ecosystem

Answer 6

A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

Question 7

Biodiversity

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Biotic

Answer 8

Of, relating to, or resulting from living things, esp. in their ecological relations.

Question 9

Abiotic

Answer 9

Physical rather than biological; not derived from living organisms.

Question 10

Predator

Answer 10

An animal that naturally preys on others.

Question 11

Consumers

Answer 11

Is an organism that uses organic carbon for growth by consuming other organisms.

Question 12

Producers

Answer 12

Something that produces its own food. Examples: plants through photosynthesis

Question 13

Organism

Answer 13

An individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.

Question 14

Ecology

Answer 14

The branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.

Question 15

Sustainability

Answer 15

Of, or relating to a state of being maintained at a constant level while no major or severe damage is incurred, such as to the natural resources or environment.

Question 16

Trade-off

Answer 16

A balance achieved between two desirable but incompatible features; a compromise.

Question 17

Non-native Species

Answer 17

A species not originally from that area.

Question 18

Predation

Answer 18

The preying of one animal on others.

Question 19

Symbiosis

Answer 19

Interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association, typically to the advantage of both.

Question 20

Parasitism

Answer 20

The relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage).

Question 21

Mutualism

Answer 21

The doctrine that mutual dependence is necessary to social well-being.

Question 22

Commensalism

Answer 22

An association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither benefit nor harm.

Question 23

Food Web

Answer 23

A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.

Question 24

Food Chain

Answer 24

A hierarchical series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food.

Question 25

Decomposer

Answer 25

An organism, esp. a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material.

Question 26

Fishery

Answer 26

A place where fish are reared for commercial purposes.

Question 27

Zooplankton

Answer 27

Plankton consisting of small animals and the immature stages of larger animals.

Question 28

Phytoplankton

Answer 28

Plankton consisting of microscopic plants.

Question 29

Plankton

Answer 29

The small and microscopic organisms drifting or floating in the sea or fresh water. Many animals are adapted to feed on plankton, esp. by filtering the water.