Ecosystem Vocabulary - Science

Question 1

specialized structures or parts within a living cell

Answer 1

organelle

Question 2

the smallest structural and functional unit of life

Answer 2

celle

Question 3

a group of specialized cells

Answer 3

tissue

Question 4

a part of an organism that’s typically self-controlled and has a specific vital function

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organ

Question 5

a group of organs that work together to form one main goal

Answer 5

organ system

Question 6

an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form

Answer 6

organism

Question 7

a group of different populations that live in the same place or that have a particular characteristic in common

Answer 7

community

Question 7

the same species that live in the same area

Answer 7

population

Question 8

the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth

Answer 8

biosphere

Question 8

a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment; living and nonliving factors

Answer 8

ecosystem

Question 9

a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat

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biome

Question 10

of, relating or resulting from living things, especially in their ecological relations; living things

Answer 10

biotic

Question 11

physical rather than biological; non living

Answer 11

abiotic

Question 12

an organism which is part of the first level of the food chain, and can make its own food

Answer 12

producer

Question 13

a heterotrophic organism that feeds on other levels of the food chain; cannot make its own food

Answer 13

consumer

Question 14

an animal that only feeds on plants

Answer 14

herbivore

Question 15

an animal that only feeds on meat

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carnivore

Question 16

an animal that feeds on both plants, and meat

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omnivore

Question 17

An animal that feeds on dead organisms in addition to hunting prey

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scavenger

Question 18

a hierarchical series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food

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food chain

Question 19

a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains

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food web

Question 20

a graphical mode) of energy flow in a community

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energy pyramid

Question 21

the natural home or environment of an animal and other organism

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habitat

Question 22

The physical environment to which it has become adapted as well as its role as a producer and consumer of food resources

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niche

Question 23

an animal that is hunted and killed by another for food

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prey

Question 24

an animal that preys on others for food

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predator

Question 25

interaction * between two different organisms living in close physical association

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symbiosis.

Question 26

the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth

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Biosphere

Question 27

symbiosis that is beneficial to both organisms involved

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mutualism

Question 28

an association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither benefit nor harm.

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commensalism

Question 29

the practice of living in/on another organism; one organism is harmed

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parasitism