Week 1

Question 1

what is ecology

Answer 1

the study of relationships between living things and their environment

Question 2

what are abiotic factors

Answer 2

abiotic factors are physical conditions of the habitat which allows organisms to grow, reproduce and survive

Question 3

what are biotic factors

Answer 3

biotic factors are living organisms that live in the environment

Question 4

intraspecific relationship

Answer 4

living together in a group which increases survival rate

Question 5

interspecific relationship

Answer 5

Organisms of two species use the same limited resource and have a negative impact on each other

Question 6

symbiosis

Answer 6

a relationship in which two organisms live in close association over a long period of time

Question 7

mutualism

Answer 7

Both species benefit from the interaction

Question 8

cooperation

Answer 8

Each species benefits but the presence of one is not essential to the survival of the other

Question 9

commensalism

Answer 9

One organism benefit and the other is not affected

Question 10

amensalism

Answer 10

One species inhibits the other

Question 11

parasitism

Answer 11

Parasites obtain food by living in host organisms

Question 12

producers

Answer 12

autotrophic, primary energy sources

Question 13

consumers

Answer 13

heterotrophic, feed on other organisms

Question 14

detritivores

Answer 14

eat decomposing organic matter

Question 15

decomposers

Answer 15

absorb nutrients from dead plants and animals

Question 16

camouflague

Answer 16

an adaptation that ‘hides’ an organism

Question 17

mimicry

Answer 17

protective adaption so that one organism copies another (model and mimic)