Unit 7 test

Question 1

ecology

Answer 1

these study of the interactions of organisms

Question 2

habitat

Answer 2

the home of an organism

Question 3

niche

Answer 3

the job and role of an organism

Question 4

species

Answer 4

organisms that can breed with one another and produce fertile offspring

Question 5

biotic

Answer 5

are living

Question 6

abiotic

Answer 6

non-living

Question 7

organisms

Answer 7

a single living thing

Question 8

population

Answer 8

individuals of the same species in the same place at the same time

Question 9

community

Answer 9

different populations having living in the same area at the same time

Question 10

ecosystems

Answer 10

all of the biotic and abiotic factors in the area

Question 11

biomes

Answer 11

ecosystems that span a large area and have characteristic biotic and abiotic factors

Question 12

biospher

Answer 12

all of the areas on each where organisms live

Question 13

autotrophs

Answer 13

capture energy and convert it to nutrients also known as producers

Question 14

herterotrophs

Answer 14

must eat other things also known as consumers

Question 15

detritrophs

Answer 15

eat decaying matter also known as decomposers

Question 16

types of consumers

Answer 16

herbivores,carnivores, omnivores, detrivores

Question 17

what is the sun when on the food chain

Answer 17

the starting source of energy

Question 18

each step in a chain web is called?

Answer 18

trophies level

Question 19

list the levels

Answer 19

1- is producers, and then the rest go up one number off EX.(2 - primary consumers)

Question 20

pyramid of numbers

Answer 20

shows how many individuals are at each trophic level

Question 21

how to find biomass?

Answer 21

g/m^2

Question 22

how much energy makes it to the next trophic level?

Answer 22

10%

Question 23

competition

Answer 23

interaction between organisms in which both require a resource that is in limited supply

Question 24

predation

Answer 24

the killed of one living organism by another for food

Question 25

symbiosis

Answer 25

a close relationship between 2 different species of organisms

Question 26

list the three types of symbiosis

Answer 26

mutualism, commensalism, parasitism

Question 27

mutualism

Answer 27

both organisms benefit

Question 28

commensalism

Answer 28

one organism benefits one is not affected

Question 29

parasitism

Answer 29

one organism benefits, one is harmed

Question 30

carbon

Answer 30

back bone of life

Question 31

where is carbon found

Answer 31

found in all organis molecules

Question 32

what does carbon atoms continually move between?

Answer 32

between living and non living systems