Ecology

Question 1

biotic

Answer 1

describes living factors in the enviroment

Question 2

Abiotic

Answer 2

describes the nonliving part of the environment,

Question 3

population

Answer 3

all the inhabitants of a town, area, or country

Question 4

community

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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

herbivores

Answer 7

eats only plants

Question 8

carnivores

Answer 8

eats only meat

Question 9

omnivores

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eats plants and animals

Question 10

food chain

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

Question 11

food web

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a series of organisms interrelated in their feeding habits, the smallest being fed upon by a larger one, which in turn feeds a still larger one

Question 12

energy pyramid

Answer 12

diagram that shows an ecosystem’s loss of energy

Question 13

carrying capacity

Answer 13

the number of people, other living organisms, or crops that a region can support without environmental degradation

Question 14

prey

Answer 14

an animal that is hunted and killed by another for food

Question 15

predator

Answer 15

an animal that naturally preys on others

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mutualism

Answer 16

symbiosis that is beneficial to both organisms involved

Question 17

commensalism

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

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parasitism

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

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producers

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organisms that use sunlight directly to make food

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decomposers

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organisms that get energy by breaking down dead organisms

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desert

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a dry, barren area of land, especially one covered with sand, that is characteristically desolate, water less, and without vegetation

Question 22

tundra

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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

dominated by trees that lose their leaves each year. They are found in areas with warm moist summers and cool winters

Question 24

tropical rainforest

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a tropical woodland with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches (254 centimeters) and marked by lofty broad-leaved evergreen trees forming a continuous canopy

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coniferous forest

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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

savanna

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

Question 27

Temperate grassland

Answer 27

An area that is dominated by grass or grass like vegetation