Question | Answer |
climate | patern of weather in a region over two years |
climatograph | a graph of climate data for a certain region |
physiological adaption | a chemical or physical event that takes place in the body of an organism to support its ability to survive. |
structural adaptions | physical parts or features of an organism that enable it to survive and reproduce |
adaptions | charactoristics that enable organisms to better survive |
bio diversity | something that is bilogicaly different |
elevation | the height of a land mass above sea level |
terrestial | land based |
abiotic | non living |
behavioural adaptations | things that an organism does(ways that it behaves) that help it survive |
Biome | is the largest division of the biospere |
biotic | living |
commensalism | one organism benefits and the other organism is neither helped nor harmed |
community | populations of different species that interact in a specific ecosystem form a community |
competition | organisms require the same resource (eg: food) in the same location at the same time. |
ecological hierarchy | biotic interactions are structured in an ecological hierarchy |
ecosystem | abiotic components such as oxygen, water, nutrients light and soil support the life functions of biotic comonents such as plants, animals and micro- organisms |
habitat | the place in which organisms live |
mutalism | both organisms benefit and sometimes neither species can survive without the other |
niche | special roles or niches in their ecosystem. an organisms niche includes the way in which it contributes to and fits into its enviroment |
nutrients | a substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life |
parasitism | one species benefits and the other is harmed |
photosynthesis | when cells in a plant collect daylight and turn it into nutrients and energy |
population | all members of a species are referred to as a population |
predation | one organism eats all or part of another organism |
species | is a group of closely related organisms that can reproduce with one another |
symbiosis | refers to the interactions of teo different organisms that live in close association |
producer | plants are called producers because they produce food in the form of carbohydrates during photosynthesis |