Ecology

Question 1

Ecology

Answer 1

Ecology is the study of the environment, and helps us understand how organisms live with each other in unique physical environments.

Question 2

Ecosystem

Answer 2

a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

Question 3

Community

Answer 3

An ecological community is a group of actually or potentially interacting species living in the same location. Communities are bound together by a shared environment and a network of influence each species has on the other.

Question 4

Habitat

Answer 4

the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.

Question 5

Biotic

Answer 5

relating to or resulting from living organisms.

Question 6

Abiotic

Answer 6

physical rather than biological; not derived from living organisms.

Question 7

qualitative

Answer 7

relating to, measuring, or measured by the quality of something rather than its quantity.

Question 8

Quantitative

Answer 8

relating to, measuring, or measured by the quantity of something rather than its quality.

Question 9

Competition

Answer 9

the activity or condition of striving to gain or win something by defeating or establishing superiority over others.

Question 10

Adaptation

Answer 10

the action or process of adapting or being adapted.

Question 11

Interdependence

Answer 11

the dependence of two or more people or things on each other.