ecosystem

Question 1

ecology

Answer 1

the scientific study of how living things (organisms) interact with each other and their environment

Question 2

population ecology

Answer 2

the branch of ecology that works to understand the patterns and processes of change over time or space for populations of a single species

Question 3

population

Answer 3

the whole number of people or inhabitants in a country or region

Question 4

resource

Answer 4

anything that can be used to help someone or something achieve a goal or meet a need

Question 5

distribution

Answer 5

the process of giving things out to several people, or spreading or supplying something

Question 6

abundance

Answer 6

a large quantity or supply of something; plentifulness

Question 7

density

Answer 7

the measurement of how tightly a material is packed together

Question 8

carrying capacity

Answer 8

the maximum quantity of a specific population that an ecosystem can sustain based on the available resources