ECOLOGY NOTES - 🍓☽。･:*:･

Question 1

Ecology

Answer 1

the study of interactions between organisms and the environment

Question 2

Species

Answer 2

One type of organism

Question 3

Biotic Factor

Answer 3

All the parts of the environment that are living.

Question 4

Abiotic Factor

Answer 4

All the parts of the environment that are nonliving.

Question 5

Habitat

Answer 5

The place where an organism lives in a community

Question 6

Population

Answer 6

All the organisms of the same species living in the same place at the same time

Question 7

Community

Answer 7

All the populations that live in the same place at the same time

Question 8

Ecosystem

Answer 8

A community interacting with the abiotic parts of its environment, (all the biotic and abiotic parts of an area)

Question 9

Energy Pyramid

Answer 9

Diagram showing trophic level / level in food chain

Question 10

Sun

Answer 10

The main source of energy for all living things

Question 11

Photosynthesis

Answer 11

the process of food making in producers

Sunlight + CO₂ (carbon dioxide) + H₂O (Water) →

sugar (energy) + O₂ (Oxygen)

Question 12

Consumer

Answer 12

An organism that eats other organisms (heterotroph)

Question 13

Herbivore

Answer 13

An organism that only eats plants.

Question 14

Carnivore

Answer 14

An organism that only eats animals.

Question 15

Scavenger

Answer 15

An organism that eats organisms that are already dead.

Question 16

Omnivore

Answer 16

An organism that eats both plants and animals.

Question 17

Decomposer

Answer 17

An organism that breaks down the remains of dead plants and animals (recycles).

Question 18

Food chain

Answer 18

The transfer of energy (food) from one organism to another.

Question 19

Food web

Answer 19

when different chains overlap.

Question 20

Competition

Answer 20

The contest among organisms to get all they need to survive.

Question 21

Niche

Answer 21

The role (job) a species has within a community

Question 22

Predator

Answer 22

An organism that kills and eats prey to obtain energy.

Question 23

Prey

Answer 23

An organism that gets eaten by a predator.

Question 24

Limiting Factors

Answer 24

An environmental factor that causes the population to decrease

Question 25

Symbiosis

Answer 25

A relationship where food, shelter, support or transportation is provided for one or both organisms.

Question 26

Natural selection

Answer 26

The struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources

Process in which a species becomes better suited to its environment.