Share ECOLOGY
Save to Folder
What is ecology?
The study of interactions between organisms and their environment.
What is an ecosystem?
A community of living organisms interacting with their physical environment.
What is a habitat?
The natural environment where an organism lives.
List the levels of ecological organization from smallest to largest.
Organism → Population → Community → Ecosystem → Biome → Biosphere
What is a population?
A group of the same species living in the same area.
What is a community in ecology?
Different populations of organisms living together in the same area.
What is the main source of energy for most ecosystems?
The Sun.
What is a producer? Give an example.
An organism that makes its own food through photosynthesis, such as plants or algae
What is a consumer? Give an example.
An organism that eats other organisms, such as a lion or a rabbit.
What is a decomposer? Give an example.
An organism that breaks down dead material, such as fungi or bacteria.
What is the difference between a herbivore and a carnivore?
Herbivores eat plants, while carnivores eat other animals.
What is an omnivore? Give an example
An organism that eats both plants and animals, such as humans or bears.
What is a food chain?
A linear sequence showing how energy flows from one organism to another.
What is a food web?
A network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem.
What is symbiosis?
A close relationship between two species.
What is competition?
Competition occurs when organisms actively struggle for a resource that is in short supply.
