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

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an animal that feeds on plants.

Question 8

Carnivore

Answer 8

an animal that feeds on flesh.

Question 9

Omnivore

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an animal or person that eats food of both plant and animal origin.

Question 10

Food chain

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Food web

Answer 11

a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.

Question 12

Energy pyramid

Answer 12

An energy pyramid is a graphical model of energy flow in a community. The different levels represent different groups of organisms that might compose a food chain. From the bottom-up, they are as follows: Producers — bring energy from nonliving sources into the community.

Question 13

Carrying capacity

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

Question 14

Prey

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Preditor

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an animal that naturally preys on others.

Question 16

Mutalism

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

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Commenalism

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

Question 18

Parasitism

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

Question 19

Producers

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

Question 20

Decomposers

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

Question 21

Desert

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

Question 22

Tundra

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Temperate Deciduous Forest

Answer 23

emperate 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 24

Tropical Rain Forest

Answer 24

a tropical forest, usually of tall, densely growing, broad-leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall. … Also called tropical rain forest.

Question 25

Coniferous forest

Answer 25

Temperate coniferous forest is a terrestrial biome found in temperate regions of the world with warm summers and cool winters and adequate rainfall to sustain a forest.

Question 26

Savana

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

Question 27

Temperate grassland

Answer 27

Image result for temperate grassland definitionwww.thoughtco.com Temperate grasslands are a division of a larger biome grouping of grasslands that includes tropical savannas. Both biome types are characterized by a dominance of grasses, yet temperate grasslands differ significantly from savannas.