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Ecology-7
Question | Answer |
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What is a species? | Similar organisms that can reproduce. |
What is a population? | A group of similar species living in the same habitat. |
What is a community? | A group of different species (populations) living in the same habitat. |
What is an ecosystem? | A collection of communities of organisms living and interacting in the same physical area. |
What is a producer? | An organism that makes it's own food through photosysnthesis. (a plant) |
What is a consumer? | An organism that must consume it's food by eating other organisms. |
What is a herbivore? | An organism that eats only producers. |
What is a carnivore? | An organism that eats only other animals. |
What is a decomposer? | An organism that breaks down dead and decaying matter. |
What is the first thing to grow when an area has been disturbed? | Grasses then shrubs |
What are lichens and mosses? | Pioneer species |
During what kind of succession do pioneer species appear? | Primary succession |
What is primary succession? | When new land has been created. |
What is secondary succession? | When existing ecosystems (land) has been changed. |