Ecology

Question 1

Ecology

Answer 1

Study of the interactions between living things and between organisms and their environments

Question 2

Biosphere

Answer 2

Part of the planet containing living organisms

Question 3

Ecosystem

Answer 3

Group of clearly distinguished organisms that interact with their environment as a unit

Question 4

Habitat

Answer 4

Place where a plant or animal lives

Question 5

Population

Answer 5

All the members of the same species living in an area

Question 6

Community

Answer 6

All the different populations in an area

Question 7

Abiotic factors

Answer 7

Non living factors

Question 8

Biotic factors

Answer 8

Living factors

Question 9

Climatic factors

Answer 9

Refer to weather over a long period of time

Question 10

Edaphic factors

Answer 10

Relate to soil

Question 12

Niche

Answer 12

Functional role it plays in the community

Question 13

Nitrogen fixation

Answer 13

Conversion of nitrogen gas into ammonia/ammonium/nitrate

Question 14

Nitrification

Answer 14

Conversion of ammonia and ammonium to nitrate and then to nitrate

Question 15

Denitrification

Answer 15

Conversion of nitrates to nitrogen gas