ecology

Question 1

biotic

Answer 1

describes living factors in the environment

Question 2

abiotic

Answer 2

describes the nonliving part of the environment, including water, rocks, light, and temperature.

Question 3

population

Answer 3

a group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area

Question 4

community

Answer 4

all of the populations of species that live on the same habitat and interact with each other.

Question 5

ecosystem

Answer 5

a community of organisms and their abiotic, or nonliving, environment.

Question 6

biosphere

Answer 6

the part of earth where life exists.

Question 7

herbivore

Answer 7

an organism that eats plants only.

Question 8

carnivore

Answer 8

an organism that eats animals

Question 9

omnivore

Answer 9

an organism that eats both plants and animals.

Question 10

food chain

Answer 10

the pathway of energy transfer through various stages as a result of the feeding patterns of a series of organism.

Question 11

energy pyramid

Answer 11

a triangular diagram that shows an ecosystems loss of energy

Question 12

carrying capacity

Answer 12

the largest population that an environment can support at any given time

Question 13

prey

Answer 13

an organism that is killed and eaten by another organism.

Question 14

predator

Answer 14

an organism that east all or part of another organism.

Question 15

mutualism

Answer 15

a relationship between two species in which both species benefit

Question 16

commensalism

Answer 16

a relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected.

Question 17

parasitism

Answer 17

a relationship between two species in which in which one species, the parasite, benefits from the other other species, the host which is harmed.

Question 18

producers

Answer 18

an organism that can make its own food

Question 19

decomposers

Answer 19

an organism that gets energy by breaking the remains of dead organisms.

Question 20

desert

Answer 20

an area that had little no no plant life and long periods without rain.

Question 21

tundra

Answer 21

a treeless plain found in the arctic, in the antarctic, or in the tops of mountains.

Question 22

temperate deciduous forest

Answer 22

forest with plants

Question 23

tropical rainforest

Answer 23

big rainforest

Question 24

caniferous forest

Answer 24

forest with plants and trees

Question 25

savanna

Answer 25

a tropical area with few trees

Question 26

temperate grassland

Answer 26

an area with grass

Question 27

biosphere

Answer 27

the part of earth where life exists.