Chapter 4 - Vocab

Question 1

Ecosystem

Answer 1

All of the organisms living in an area together with their physical environment

Question 2

Biotic Factor

Answer 2

Are the living and once living parts of an ecosystem

Question 3

Abiotic Factors

Answer 3

The nonliving parts of an ecosystem

Question 4

Organism

Answer 4

Individual living things

Question 5

Species

Answer 5

Group of organisms closely related

Question 6

Population

Answer 6

All the members of the same species that live in the same place at the same time

Question 7

Community

Answer 7

A group of various species that live in the same place and interact with eachother

Question 8

Habitat

Answer 8

The place an organism lives

Question 9

Natural Selection

Answer 9

Survival of the fittest, better genes/traits carry on to offspring

Question 10

Evolution

Answer 10

Change in the genetic traits from generation to generation

Question 11

Adaptation

Answer 11

Inherited trait that increases the chance of survival

Question 12

Artificial Selection

Answer 12

Selective breeding of organisms by humans

Question 13

Resistance

Answer 13

The ability of an organism to tolerate a chemical designed to kill it

Question 14

Bacteria

Answer 14

Microscopic, single celled organisms that usually have cell walls

Question 15

Fungus

Answer 15

Organism whose cells have a nucleus, cell walls, no chlorophyll
Absorb food from decaying organisms in the soil

Question 16

Protists

Answer 16

Diverse group of organisms
Kingdom - Protista
Ex - amoebas

Question 17

Gymnosperms

Answer 17

Seeds aren’t enclosed in a fruit

Question 18

Angiosperms

Answer 18

Seeds enclosed in fruit