Lesson 34 Terms

Question 1

Abiotic factors

Answer 1

non-living factors of the ecosystem

Question 2

Aquatic biomes

Answer 2

great diversity in temperature, sunlight penetration, and nutrients.
Examples would be oceans, estuaries, lakes, and pools.

Question 3

How many aquatic biomes are there?

Answer 3

both freshwater and marine biomes exist

Question 4

Autotrophs

Answer 4

or producers; organisms which make their food from inorganic energy sources

Question 5

Biomes

Answer 5

areas where there’s a consistent environment which is home to a distinct population of living creatures.

Question 6

Biosphere

Answer 6

the surface of the earth along with the area in the atmosphere and area in the earth’s crust where life exists

Question 7

Biotic factors

Answer 7

living factors of the ecosystem

Question 8

Carbon cycle

Answer 8

how the elements carbon and oxygen are recycled through people, animals, and plants

Question 9

Carnivores

Answer 9

meat eaters

Question 10

Carrying capacity

Answer 10

the maximum number of individuals an ecosystem can sustain

Question 11

Chemoautotrophs

Answer 11

organisms which obtain energy from chemical substances.

Question 12

Commensalism

Answer 12

A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected

Question 13

Community

Answer 13

A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other

Question 14

Biomes characterized by long cold winters, without permafrost, where coniferous evergreen trees thrive

Answer 14

Coniferous forests

Question 15

Conifers

Answer 15

A gymnosperm, or naked seed plant, that produces cones

Question 16

Consumers

Answer 16

Heterotrophs, which consume their food from organic sources, typically by eating other organisms

Question 17

biomes characterized by four different seasons, and home to broad-leaved deciduous trees

Answer 17

Deciduous forests

Question 18

Decomposers

Answer 18

organisms which consume dead matter by secreting enzymes that break it into simpler matter which becomes part of our soil.

Question 19

Deserts

Answer 19

hot, dry biomes that receive very little rain

Question 20

Detritivores

Answer 20

organisms which feed on dead matter by breaking it into smaller components, speeding up the decay process.

Question 21

Ecosystems

Answer 21

A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment; a subdivision of a biome.

Question 22

Exponential growth pattern

Answer 22

an increasing growth pattern that could occur if a population had limitless resources.

Question 23

An energy chain which presents a more complex understanding of how energy flows through an ecosystem, allowing us to see how food chains are connected and interwoven.

Answer 23

Food web

Question 24

biomes which are temperate regions that experience different seasons, but not enough rain to support trees; however, are able to support grasses

Answer 24

Grasslands

Question 25

Herbivores

Answer 25

plant eaters

Question 26

Heterotrophs

Answer 26

or consumers: organisms which depend on other organisms for their food

Question 27

Intrinsic rate of increase

Answer 27

the population growth rate

Question 28

Logistic growth pattern

Answer 28

a realistic growth pattern when a population is stable

Question 29

Mutualism

Answer 29

A relationship between two species in which both species benefit

Question 30

Nitrogen cycle

Answer 30

how nitrogen compounds are transferred from bacteria, converted to ammonia, transferred to soil, and then to humans and animals

Question 31

Omnivores

Answer 31

creatures which are both plant and meat eaters

Question 32

Parasitism

Answer 32

A relationship between two organisms of different species where one benefits and the other is harmed

Question 33

Phylum coniferophyta

Answer 33

conifers

Question 34

Populations

Answer 34

Groups of organisms of the same species, which exist within ecosystems

Question 35

Producers

Answer 35

Autotrophs, which make their food from inorganic energy sources.

Question 36

Symbiosis

Answer 36

organisms in close relationships

Question 37

Each step in a food chain or food web; each layer of an ecological pyramid represents a different type of organism and how they feed

Answer 37

Trophic level

Question 38

biomes which are hot, humid areas that receive an abundance of rain and support a diverse range of living things

Answer 38

Tropical rainforests

Question 39

Tundra

Answer 39

biomes which are characterized by long winters with cold temperatures, short summers, and frozen land called permafrost

Question 40

Water cycle

Answer 40

how water moves from the bodies of water on the earth, through the atmosphere, and back to the earth again.