Science Unit E

Question 1

What is ecology

Answer 1

the study of the
relationship between living
things and their environment

Question 2

What is an ecologist

Answer 2

Someone that studies the relationships of living things and their environment

Question 3

What are the 4 things that all living things need to survive

Answer 3

Water, food, suitable habitat, gas exchanged

Question 4

What does adaptation mean

Answer 4

Changes in the body to fit a location!!

Question 5

What are 2 examples of adaptation

Answer 5

cats have whiskers as sensors to see if they can fit through a spot
Ducks have webbed feet to make swimming easier

Question 6

What is an ecosystem

Answer 6

A community of living and non-living things

Question 7

What is a symbiotic relationships

Answer 7

When two different species
live closely together in a
relationship that lasts over
time, symbiosis occurs.

Question 8

What is symbiosis

Answer 8

a relationship
between two species over a
long time

Question 9

What are the 3 types of symbiosis

Answer 9

Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism

Question 10

give a example of Mutualism

Answer 10

Oxpecker bird on a rhino

Question 11

Give an example of commensalism

Answer 11

Brushing horse hair and the birds use it for their nests

Question 12

Give an example of parasitism

Answer 12

A mosquito on a human

Question 13

What is mutualism

Answer 13

both organisms are benefited

Question 14

What is commensalism

Answer 14

One organism in benefited and the other has no pain or gain

Question 15

What is parasitism

Answer 15

One organism is benefited an the other is harmed

Question 16

What is natural resources, give as many examples as you can

Answer 16

Materials found in nature
Air, water,
wood, oil, wind, iron, coal

Question 17

What is wants and needs

Answer 17

Needs are something that you MUST HAVE to survive
Wants are something that makes living more enjoyable

Question 18

What is sustainability

Answer 18

resources are being renewed at
least as quickly as they are being used

Question 19

What is an ecological footprint

Answer 19

calculation of the total land and water area that is being used

Question 20

What are the four R’s

Answer 20

Reuse, recycle, recover, and reduce

Question 21

What does biotic mean

Answer 21

Living things of an ecosystem

Question 22

What does abiotic

Answer 22

Non-living parts of an ecosystem

Question 23

What is a producer

Answer 23

Something that produces energy for themselves and others

Question 24

What is a consumer

Answer 24

consume or eat the food that producers make

Question 25

What are the 3 categories for consumers

Answer 25

Herbivore-eats producers
Omnivore-eats meat and producers
Carnivore-only eats meat

Question 26

What is a decomposer

Answer 26

grow in or on the dead waste material

Question 27

What is a predator

Answer 27

A consumer that kills and eats other animals

Question 28

What is a niche

Answer 28

describes the role an organism
plays in an ecosystem.

Question 29

What is a food chain

Answer 29

model that shows
how energy stored
in food passes
from one organism
to another.