terminolgy thats im bad at

Question 1

Autotroph

Answer 1

An organism at the base of a food chain that does not need to feed off of other organisms to survive

Question 2

Biomass

Answer 2

The amount of living matter in a given habitat, expressed as the weight of organisms per unit area

Question 3

Community

Answer 3

A group or association of two or more different species occupying the same geographical area at a particular time

Question 4

Energy pyramid

Answer 4

A representation of the level of food energy at each level within a food chain

Question 5

Energy flow

Answer 5

The amount of energy that moves through a food chain

Question 6

food chain

Answer 6

Diagram that shows how the energy stored in one organism is passed to another

Question 7

food web

Answer 7

Diagram showing several food chains joined together to demonstrate animals eat more than one type of food

Question 8

population density

Answer 8

The measurement of population size per unit area

Question 9

population

Answer 9

Organisms of the same species that live in a particular geographic area at the same time, with the capability of interbreeding

Question 10

quadrant

Answer 10

A plot of land used to mark off at random a physical area to isolate a sample and determine the percentage of organisms occurring within the marked area

Question 11

symbiotic

Answer 11

Any diverse organisms that live together, but in this case, the relationship is not necessarily beneficial to both

Question 12

trophic level

Answer 12

The position that an organism occupies in a food chain - what it eats, and what eats it

Question 13

transect

Answer 13

A tape or string laid along the ground in a straight line between two poles as a guide to a sampling method used to measure the distribution of organisms