Ecosystems

Question 1

what is a population

Answer 1

is all the organisms of one type of species in an ecosystem

Question 2

what is a species

Answer 2

a group of organisms that can interbreed to produce fertile off spring

Question 3

what is a community

Answer 3

all the plants and animals living in an ecosystem

Question 4

what is a habitat

Answer 4

where the organisms live

Question 5

what is a producer

Answer 5

green plants

Question 6

what is a consumer

Answer 6

animals

Question 7

herbivore

Answer 7

only eats plants

Question 8

carnivores

Answer 8

only eat other animals

Question 9

omnivores

Answer 9

eats both plants and animals

Question 10

what is a food chain

Answer 10

a simple feeding relationship that nature is unstable

Question 11

what is a food web

Answer 11

consists of many interconnected food chains. More stable

Question 12

what is a niche

Answer 12

the role an organism plays within a community

Question 13

when does competition occur

Answer 13

when resources are in short supply

Question 14

what do plants compete for

Answer 14

light, water, space and soil nutrients

Question 15

what do animals compete for

Answer 15

food, water, shelter and mates

Question 16

what is interspecific competition

Answer 16

competition that occurs amongst different species

Question 17

what is intraspecific competition

Answer 17

competition that occurs amongst the same species