Wildlife Biology FC

Question 1

Ecosystem

Answer 1

A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

Question 2

Biotic Factor

Answer 2

All of the living organisms within an ecosystem.

Question 3

Abiotic Factor

Answer 3

Non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms and the ecosystems.

Question 4

Organism

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Species

Answer 5

A group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.

Question 6

Population

Answer 6

A particular section, group, or type of people or animals living in an area or country.

Question 7

Community

Answer 7

A group of interdependent organisms of different species living or growing together in a specified habitat.

Question 8

Habitat

Answer 8

The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organisms.

Question 9

Natural Selection

Answer 9

The process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.

Question 10

Evolution

Answer 10

The process where organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms.

Question 11

Producers/autotrophs

Answer 11

An organism that produces energy.

Question 12

Consumers/heterotrophs

Answer 12

Eat producers or other consumers for energy.

Question 13

Primary Consumer

Answer 13

They eat the producers.

Question 14

Secondary Consumer

Answer 14

They eat the primary consumers.

Question 15

Tertiary Consumer

Answer 15

They are at the top of the food chain.

Question 16

Herbivores

Answer 16

They eat only plants.

Question 17

Carnivores

Answer 17

They eat only meat.

Question 18

Omnivores

Answer 18

They eat both plants and meat.

Question 19

Decomposers

Answer 19

An organism that decomposes organic material.

Question 20

Food Chain

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Food Web

Answer 21

A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.

Question 22

Energy Pyramid

Answer 22

A graphical model of energy flow in a community.

Question 23

Carbon Cycle

Answer 23

Carbon compounds are interconverted in the environment.

Question 24

Nitrogen Cycle

Answer 24

A series of processes by which nitrogen and its compounds are interconverted in the environment and in living organisms.

Question 25

Phosphorus Cycle

Answer 25

The biogeochemical cycle that describes the movement of phosphorus through the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere.

Question 26

Ecological Succession

Answer 26

The observed process of change in the species structure of an ecological community over time.

Question 27

Primary Succession

Answer 27

The development of biotic communities in a previously uninhabited and barren habitat with little or no soil.

Question 28

Secondary Succession

Answer 28

A series of community changes that take place in a previously colonized, but damaged area.

Question 29

Pioneer Species

Answer 29

An organism that successfully establishes itself in a barren environment.

Question 30

Climax Community

Answer 30

A stable and mature community.