Question 1

See image

Accepted Answer

Interaction,when two things effect each other through some association. (NU)

Question 2

See image

Accepted Answer

direct,an interaction or impact felt by organisms "connected" in a food chain or food web

Question 3

See image

Accepted Answer

indirect,an interaction or impact felt by organisms in the same ecosystem but who are not "directly connected" in a food chain or food web

Question 4

See image

Accepted Answer

Biotic,the living factors (are living, were living/dead, came from living) of an ecosystem (CH 4)

Question 5

See image

Accepted Answer

Abiotic,the nonliving (never were alive, never will be alive) factors of an ecosystem

Question 6

See image

Accepted Answer

Ecology,the study of how living organisms interact with each other and with their nonliving environment (CH 1)

Question 7

See image

Accepted Answer

Ecosystem,all of the living organisms in an area and the nonliving environment (CH 4)

Question 8

See image

Accepted Answer

Habitat,the place where an organism lives,

Question 9

See image

Accepted Answer

Food Chain,a single pathway/sequence of organisms that shows feeding relationships and energy transfer. (CH 5)

Question 10

See image

Accepted Answer

Food Web,multiple pathways/sequences of organisms that interconnect and show feeding relationships with other organisms in an ecosystem. (CH 5)

Question 11

See image

Accepted Answer

Producer/autotroph,an organism that makes its own food, typically a plant (CH 5)

Question 12

See image

Accepted Answer

Herbivore,an organism that only eats plants/producers. (CH 5)

Question 13

See image

Accepted Answer

Omnivore,an organism that eats both producers/plants and consumers/animals. (CH 5)

Question 14

See image

Accepted Answer

Carnivore,an organism that eats only other consumers/animals. (CH 5)

Question 15

See image

Accepted Answer

Trophic Level,A step in a food web that energy is transferred through. (CH 5)

Question 16

See image

Accepted Answer

1st level/Primary Consumer,Animals that eat producers/plants.

Question 17

See image

Accepted Answer

2nd level/Secondary Consumer,Animals that eat primary consumers.

Question 18

See image

Accepted Answer

3rd level/Tertiary Consumer,Animals that eat secondary consumers.

Question 19

See image

Accepted Answer

4th level/Quaternary Consumer,Animals that eat tertiary consumers.

Question 20

See image

Accepted Answer

Biomass,the cumulative weight of living material in an trophic level or ecosystem. (CH 5)

Question 21

See image

Accepted Answer

Energy Pyramid,a diagram that shows the trophic levels in an ecosystem and the relative amount of energy available at each level.

Question 22

See image

Accepted Answer

Carrying Capacity,the number of organisms an ecosystem can support at any given time. (NU/CH 8)

Question 23

See image

Accepted Answer

Limiting Factors,any biotic or abiotic factor/component of an ecosystem that prevents a population from getting larger. These cause organisms to die. (CH 8)

Question 24

See image

Accepted Answer

Competition,when two organisms struggle to obtain the same resource (food, water, shelter, space, mates) (CH 8)

Question 25

See image

Accepted Answer

Natural Resource,anything present in an environment that an organism needs in order to survive.

Question 26

See image

Accepted Answer

Predator,an organism that catches and eats another organism. (CH 8)

Question 27

See image

Accepted Answer

Prey,an organism that is caught and eaten by another organism. (CH 8)

Question 28

See image

Accepted Answer

Stable/Stabilty,something that is not easily changed (NU)

Question 29

See image

Accepted Answer

Disruption,any short-term biotic or abiotic component that alters or interferes with the current condition of an ecosystem (NU)

Question 30

See image

Accepted Answer

Fluctuate/Fluctuation,a change from the current condition. A "wobble" (NU)

Question 31

See image

Accepted Answer

Population,all of the members of the same species that live in the same place at the same time. (CH 4 & 8)

Question 32

See image

Accepted Answer

Community,all of the various populations living in the same place that interact with each other. (CH 4)

Question 33

See image

Accepted Answer

immediate effect,a change in an organism or trophic level right after an initial change takes place.

Question 34

See image

Accepted Answer

Delayed effect,a change in an organism or trophic level after some time has passed since the initial change took place.

Question 35

See image

Accepted Answer

Decomposer,bacteria or fungi that break down dead organisms into the molecules or elements that compose them

Question 36

See image

Accepted Answer

Species,organisms that are capable of producing fertile offspring.

Question 37

See image

Accepted Answer

Organism,One member of a species

Question 38

See image

Accepted Answer

Consumer/heterotroph,An organism that must consume another organism to gain energy.

Related quizzes

Related quizzes