Vocabulary

Question 1

What is an ecosystem and what are some examples

Answer 1

a space where organisms and their physical surrounds form an environment that is different from them nearby (e.g. tundra, taiga, grassland, desert)

Question 2

What is population and what are some examples

Answer 2

a group of organisms belonging to the same species (e.g. population of sharks)

Question 3

What is ecology and what are some examples

Answer 3

the study of how organisms interact with each other and with other non-living surrounds (e.g. study of wetlands)

Question 4

What is a habitat and what are some examples

Answer 4

The place where an organism lives (e.g. river/stream, forest floor, trees)

Question 5

What is a community and what are some examples

Answer 5

different organisms living and interacting in the same space/time (forest of trees + undergrowth of plants, inhabited by animals and rooted soil containing bacteria/fungi)

Question 6

What is interdependence and what are some examples

Answer 6

relationships between organisms where each affects the others survival (e.g. pollination of flowers by bees)

Question 7

What is are species and what are some examples

Answer 7

a group of organisms which an interbreed and produce fertile offspring

Question 8

what is the difference between population and community?

Answer 8

population refers to one species whereas community refers to broader are filled in up of communities.

Question 9

what is the difference between habitat and environment?

Answer 9

the term environment refers to the abiotic and biotic factors that organisms face whereas habitat refers to where it lives