Ecology

Question 1

Ecology

Answer 1

Study of interactions b/w organisms and their nonliving environment

Question 2

Species

Answer 2

Group of similar organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring

Question 3

Population

Answer 3

group of the same species interacting and living together

Question 4

Community

Answer 4

different populations interacting and living together in an area

Question 5

Ecosystem

Answer 5

the living community interacting with the non-living environment

Question 6

Biotic

Answer 6

living organism

Question 7

Abiotic

Answer 7

non living factors

Question 8

Biome

Answer 8

large group of ecosystems with a characteristic group of communities and a particular physical environment

Question 9

Biosphere

Answer 9

the parts of earth where life exists

Question 10

Trophic level

Answer 10

each step in the food chain
made up of organisms w/ important ecological wars

Question 11

Producers (autotrophs)

Answer 11

Make there own food/glucose

Question 12

Consumers (heterotrophs)

Answer 12

ingest food(glucose) to obtain chemical energy needed to build ATP

Question 13

Decomposers

Answer 13

Breaks down dead organisms and returns nutrients to the soil

Question 14

Food chain

Answer 14

show energy transfer from autotrophs to heterotrophs