Question | Answer |
What types of factors are required for a stable environment? | biotic and abiotic |
What is the main source of energy for most organisms in an environment? | the sun |
What is the study of the interrelationships of plants and animals and their interactions with the physical environment? | ecology |
All organisms have a specialized role called a... | niche |
The specific place where an organism lives is called its... | habitat |
Can different organisms share the same habitat? | yes |
Do different organisms share the same exact niche? | no |
What is the name of an organism that feeds off of dead animals? | scavenger |
What is the name of an organism that hunts and kills another organism for food? | predator |
What is the name of the organism that is eaten by a predator? | prey |
What type of nutrition involves an organism making its own food? | autotrophic |
What type of nutrition involves an organism consuming another organism for food? | heterotrophic |
When more than one organism compete eat the same type of food source, what type of relationship between the organisms for that food source? | competition |
Any number of living organisms interacting with their non-living physical environment makes up an... | ecosystem |
In an ecosystem, symbiosis occurs between... | biotic (living) factors |
All of the air surrounding the Earth is called the... | atmosphere |
All of the water on the Earth is called the... | hydrosphere |
All of the living environments on Earth make up our... | biosphere |
What do we call all of the living factors in an environment? | biotic |
What do we call all of the non-living factors in an environment? | abiotic |
What type of organism makes its own food? | autotroph/producer |
What type of organism relies on other organisms for food? | heterotroph/consumer |
Why are decomposers so important to an ecosystem? | they recycle living things into soil for producers |
What type of organism eats plants? | herbivore |
What type of organism eats meat? | carnivore |
What type of organism eats the remains of other organisms? | scavenger |
What type of organism breaks down decaying matter? | decomposers |
What do arrows on a food web/chain show us? | the direction that energy is flowing |
What type of diagram shows us the greatest and truest number of relationships in an ecosystem? | food web |
Why do a lot of different organisms living in an environment, create the greatest amount of stability for that ecosystem? | the greater the biodiversity, the greater the amount of relationships and sources of energy available to orgnaisms |