Ecology Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
The harmful addition to the environment (by humans) | Pollution |
A non- living factor | Abiotic Factor |
Part(s) of the planet[Earth] that supports life | Biosphere |
Living (organism’s influence on another organism) | Biotic Factor |
An animal that feeds on animals only | Carnivore |
Factors relating to long term weather conditions [which affects the distribution of organisms in an ecosystem] | Climatic Factor |
The wise management of the environment or organisms | Conservation |
The decaying of a dead organism | Decomposition |
The conversion of nitrates into atmospheric nitrogen | Denitrification |
Study of the interaction between organisms themselves and their environment | Ecology |
Organisms and their (interactions with) environment | Ecosystem |
Factors relating to the soil | Edaphic Factor |
Interconnected food chains | Food Web |
Feeding relationship between organisms in which energy is transferred | Grazing Food Chain |
(Place) where a species (or an organism) lives | Habitat |
An animal that feeds on plants only. | Herbivore |
The functional role of an organism | Niche |
The process of converting ammonia into nitrites and/or nitrites to nitrates | Nitrification |
The conversion of nitrogen into nitrates | Nitrogen fixing |
An animal that eats both animals and plants | Omnivore |
An organism which feeds on the primary producer. | Primary Consumer |
An organism which makes its own food | Producer |
The amount of organisms at each trophic level. | Pyramid of Numbers |
[A survey which] indicates if a species is present or not | Qualitative[ survey] |
[A survey which] records or estimates the numbers of a species (in a particular ecosystem). | Quantitative [survey] |
An organism which feeds on the primary consumer. | Secondary Consumer |
An organism which feeds on the secondary consumer.. | Tertiary Consumer |
The position of an organism in a food chain | Trophic Level |
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