Science Test 2

Question 1

Food web

Answer 1

The natural interconnection of food chains and a graph that shows of what-eats-what in an ecological community.

Question 2

Food chain

Answer 2

A food chain is a linear network of links in a food web

Question 3

Energy Pyramid

Answer 3

A model that shows the flow of energy from one level to the next in an ecosystem

Question 4

Predator-Prey

Answer 4

Predators hunt and kill other animals for food (prey). (Lion and zebra)

Question 5

Parasite-Host

Answer 5

Parasites live on or inside another organism (the host) and consuming the nutrients the hosts gained, often without immediately killing the host. (Tapeworm and human)

Question 6

Herbivore-Plant

Answer 6

Herbivores consume plants or parts of plants

Question 7

Scavenger-Carrion

Answer 7

Scavengers feed on dead animals (carrion). (Vulture and dead deer)

Question 8

Decomposer

Answer 8

consume decaying organic matter, recycling nutrients back into the ecosystem. (Earthworms and bones)

Question 9

Mutualism

Answer 9

both organisms benefit, often involving some form of feeding. (Crocodile and bird)

Question 10

Commensalism

Answer 10

One organism benefits while the other is neither harmed nor helped. (Remora fish and sharks)

Question 11

Intraguild Predation

Answer 11

This occurs when species at the same trophic level prey on each other.

Question 12

Dynamic

Answer 12

(of a process or system) that shows constant change, activity, or progress.

Question 13

Ecosystem

Answer 13

a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

Question 14

Matter

Answer 14

physical substance in general. Something that occupies space and possesses rest mass

Question 15

Interconnected

Answer 15

having all constituent parts linked or connected.

Question 16

Invasive species

Answer 16

An invasive species is an introduced species that harms its new environment

Question 17

Carrying capacity

Answer 17

The maximum number of individuals in a species that an environment can support for the long term

Question 18

Predators

Answer 18

an animal that naturally preys on others

Question 19

Cause and effects

Answer 19

The impact created by the subject

Question 20

Niche

Answer 20

the position of a species within an ecosystem

Question 21

Limiting factors

Answer 21

A factor present in the environment that controls the growth, abundance, or distribution of a population of organisms in an ecosystem (Availability of food, climate, predators, etc)

Question 22

Autotrophs

Answer 22

Self-feeding plants

Question 23

Heterotrophic nutrition

Answer 23

Feeds on others

Question 24

Excretion

Answer 24

The process of eliminating or expelling waste matter (pee poo)

Question 25

Ecological succession

Answer 25

The process by which the mix of species and habitat in an area changes over time