Basic Units Of Ecology

Question 1

The biosphere consists of

Answer 1

Air (atmosphere)
Water (hydrosphere)
Earth (lithosphere)

Question 2

Examples of ecosystem

Answer 2

Aquarium
Grassland
Pond
Forest
Earth

Question 3

Known as producers

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Green plants

Question 4

Organisms that can make their own food

Answer 4

Autotrophs

Question 5

Green plants also take these and convert them into plant materials.

Answer 5

Nitrogen and sulfur

Question 6

Microscopic drifting plants which are greater sources of food than the big plants that you can see

Answer 6

Phytoplanktons

Question 7

Osborne that obtain their food from plants or other animals

Answer 7

Heterotrophs

Question 8

Through this process, animals can produce CO2 and H20

Answer 8

Respiration

Question 9

Most abundant decomposers

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Bacteria

Question 10

Fast acting decomposers

Answer 10

Fungi

Question 11

Janitors of nature

Answer 11

Decomposers

Question 12

Amniotic components of the environment

Answer 12

Light
Temperature
Water
pH
Wind
Chemical nutrients
Salinity
Soil

Question 13

Converts CO2 and H20 into sugar and oxygen

Answer 13

Sun energy

Question 14

Iron containing pigments

Answer 14

Cytochrome

Question 15

Addition of phosphate in the presence of light

Answer 15

Photophosphorylation

Question 16

the CO2 combines with ribulose a carbon sugar

Answer 16

Dark reaction

Question 17

Two types of respiration

Answer 17

Aerobic

Anaerobic

Question 18

Takes place in the presence of oxygen

Answer 18

Aerobic respiration

Question 19

Takes place in the absence of oxygen

Answer 19

Anaerobic respiration

Question 20

Organism that absorbs food from dead or decaying organic matter

Answer 20

Saprophyte

Question 21

Saprophyte commonly grow here

Answer 21

Decaying leaves, wood, or animal wastes

Question 22

They live on the bodies of living organisms and get nourishment from them

Answer 22

Parasites

Question 23

Filamentous strands filled with cytoplasm and many nuclei that make up the bodies of fungi

Answer 23

Hyphae

Question 24

Upper layer of the earth’s crust affected by plants and animals

Answer 24

Soil

Question 25

Dark decaying organic substance found in soil

Answer 25

Humus

Question 26

Small particles that resume from the breaking down of rocks

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Weathering

Question 27

Soil consisting of fine particles

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Clay soil

Question 28

Soil consisting of coarse particles

Answer 28

Sandy soil

Question 29

Made of medium-sized particles

Answer 29

Silt

Question 30

A mixture of clay, sand, and silt

Answer 30

Loamy soil

Question 31

Soil consisting of small particles that fit closely together; damp and poorly drained

Answer 31

Clay soil

Question 32

Hungry soil

Answer 32

Sandy soil

Question 33

Soil that lacks iron

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Grey (podzol)

Question 34

Soil that's rich in iron

Answer 34

Brown or red soil

Question 35

The soil profile consists of

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Surface/litter layer Horizon A "" B "" C

Question 36

Layer that consists of the dried or dead bodies of plants and animals that have decomposed of humus

Answer 36

Litter layer

Question 37

Layer where the humus mixes with smaller particles of weathered rocks

Answer 37

Horizon A

Question 38

Layer containing little humus and the soil consists chiefly of smaller particles of weathered rocks

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Horizon b

Question 39

Layer where the parent materials of rocks remain in their original condition

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Horizon c

Question 40

Plants that grow in water and permanently waterlogged soils

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Hydrophytes

Question 41

Plants that grow in saline environment such as marshes

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Halophytes

Question 42

Plants that grow in dry or arid conditions

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Xerophytes