Ecology

Question 1

Biotic

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Abiotic

Answer 2

physical rather than biological; not derived from living organisms.

Question 3

Population

Answer 3

all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country.

Question 4

Community

Answer 4

a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.

Question 5

Ecosystem

Answer 5

a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

Question 6

Biosphere

Answer 6

the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth (or analogous parts of other planets) occupied by living organisms.

Question 7

Herbivore

Answer 7

an animal that feeds on plants.

Question 8

Carnivore

Answer 8

an animal that feeds on flesh.

Question 9

Food Chain

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Food Web

Answer 10

a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.

Question 11

Energy Pyramid

Answer 11

An energy pyramid is a graphical model of energy flow in a community

Question 12

Carrying Capacity

Answer 12

the number or quantity of people or things that can be conveyed or held by a vehicle or container.

Question 13

Prey

Answer 13

an animal that is hunted and killed by another for food.

Question 14

Predator

Answer 14

an animal that naturally preys on others.

Question 15

Mutualism

Answer 15

the doctrine that mutual dependence is necessary to social well-being.

Question 16

Commensalism

Answer 16

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

Question 17

parasitism

Answer 17

the practice of living as a parasite in or on another organism.

Question 18

producers

Answer 18

a person, company, or country that makes, grows, or supplies goods or commodities for sale.

Question 19

decomposers

Answer 19

an organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material.

Question 20

desert

Answer 20

abandon (a person, cause, or organization) in a way considered disloyal or treacherous.

Question 21

Tundra

Answer 21

a vast, flat, treeless Arctic region of Europe, Asia, and North America in which the subsoil is permanently frozen.

Question 22

temperate deciduous forest

Answer 22

Temperate deciduous forests or temperate broad-leaf forests are dominated by trees that lose their leaves each year. They are found in areas with warm, moist summers and mild winters. The three major areas of this forest type occur in the Northern Hemisphere: eastern North America, East Asia, and Europe.

Question 23

tropical rain forest

Answer 23

a tropical woodland with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches (254 centimeters) and marked by lofty broad-leaved evergreen trees forming a continuous canopy —called also tropical rain forest.

Question 24

savanna

Answer 24

a grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions, with few trees.