Week 10: Vocab

Question 1

Biodiversity

Answer 1

The variety of species living in an ecosystem

Question 2

Ecology

Answer 2

The study of the interactions among species and their physical environments

Question 3

Food Web

Answer 3

A diagram showing a multi linked structure of who eats whom
The close resemblance of an organism to another or its environment

Question 4

Primary Producer

Answer 4

Photosynthetic organism that is the first link in the food web (in terms of capturing solar energy)

Question 5

Primary consumer

Answer 5

Herbivore

Question 6

Secondary Consumer

Answer 6

Carnivore

Question 7

Decomposer

Answer 7

Organism that causes dead bodies to rot

Question 8

Character Displacement

Answer 8

When species evolve a change in physical or behavioural characters that allows them to reduce competition

Question 9

Ecological Pyramid

Answer 9

When species evolve a change in physical or behavioural characters that allows them to reduce competition
Mimicry

Question 10

Coevolution

Answer 10

The adaptation of one species to another

Question 11

Ecosystem Service

Answer 11

A naturally occurring, ecological process that supports our agriculture, technology, culture and more

Question 12

Mutualism

Answer 12

An interaction between species in which they both benefit
Occurs when interaction increases abundance (population size) /distribution (where it can live)

Question 13

Exploitation

Answer 13

An interaction between species in which one species benefits while the other one is harmed

Occurs when interaction decreases abundance/distribution

Question 14

Niche

Answer 14

The particular set of resources a species uses to survive

Includes biological factors (food sources, nesting sites) and physical factors (temperature)

Question 15

Trophic

Answer 15

Level that organism occupies on the food web

Question 16

Competition

Answer 16

Occurs when two or more species attempt to utilize the same resource

This has a negative effect on both species