Week 1 Ecosystems And Habitats

Question 1

Habitat

Answer 1

The place an organism lives

Question 2

Ecological niche

Answer 2

Where an organism lives and how it fits into the local ecosystem

Question 3

Ecology

Answer 3

The study of living things and their relationships to one another and the environment

Question 4

The largest ecosystem?

Answer 4

The entire biosphere

Question 5

All ecosystem have two major parts:

Answer 5

Abiotic (non living) Biotic (living)

Question 6

What are the Abiotic parts of an ecosystem?

Answer 6

It’s physical and chemical components (including rainfall, temperatures, sunlight and nutrient supply)

Question 7

What are the biotic Parts of an ecosystem?

Answer 7

Its living things - plants, animals, insects, fungi and microorganisms

Question 8

Ecosystem

Answer 8

The network of all biophysical interactions that exist in a particular place

Question 9

Organisims share resources with others of their population and other living things in the ecosystem , forming a…

Answer 9

Community

Question 10

Where an organism lives is its..

Answer 10

Habitat

Question 11

How an organism lives and fits in the ecosystem is its…

Answer 11

Ecological niche

Question 12

What do we need to know to describe an organisms niche?

Answer 12

• what it needs to live - what it eats - what eats it - where it lives - how it interacts with all other things in its environment

Question 13

Niches can be ______ or _________

Answer 13

(1) general (like a fox) (2) specialized (like a koala or a moss on a rock)

Question 14

Why is studying the niche environments of organisms important ?

Answer 14

It can predict: -the impact of human actions or other environmental changes on species -can be used to save organisms from harm or extinction

Question 15

The Environment

Answer 15

The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal or plant lives or operates

Question 16

Atmosphere

Answer 16

A thin layer of gas surrounding the earth

Question 17

Hydrosphere

Answer 17

The shell of all water on the earth’s surface

Question 18

Lithosphere

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The earth’s solid crust. (The continents, ocean floor, rocks, landforms and soils)

Question 19

Biosphere

Answer 19

Part of the earth’s Atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere that contains living and nonliving organic matter

Question 20

Zone of abundance

Answer 20

The zone of almost all life on earth

Question 21

Biomes

Answer 21

Regions with particular climate and thus particular type of vegetation and animal life

Question 22

Consumer

Answer 22

Eats plants and/or other animals to gain it’s energy

Question 23

The place an organism lives

Answer 23

Habitat

Question 24

Where an organism lives and how it fits into the local ecosystem

Answer 24

Ecological niche

Question 25

The study of living things and their relationships to one another and the environment

Answer 25

Ecology

Question 26

The network of all biophysical interactions that exist in a particular place

Answer 26

Ecosystem

Question 27

The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal or plant lives or operates

Answer 27

The Environment

Question 28

A thin layer of gas surrounding the earth

Answer 28

Atmosphere

Question 29

The shell of all water on the earth's surface

Answer 29

Hydrosphere

Question 30

The earth's solid crust. (The continents, ocean floor, rocks, landforms and soils)

Answer 30

Lithosphere

Question 31

Part of the earth's Atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere that contains living and nonliving organic matter

Answer 31

Biosphere

Question 32

The zone of almost all life on earth

Answer 32

Zone of abundance

Question 33

Regions with particular climate and thus particular type of vegetation and animal life

Answer 33

Biomes

Question 34

Eats plants and/or other animals to gain it's energy

Answer 34

Consumer