Download ECOLOGY VOCABULARY TEST #2

ECOLOGY VOCABULARY TEST #2
DEFINE and give an EXAMPLE of each vocabulary term:
1.
Population – a group of the same species in an area / all the
squirrels in a forest
2.
Limiting Factor – any biotic or abiotic factor that affects the survival
of organisms / available food, water, shelter
3.
Biomes – large areas around the world that have similar
characteristics like plants, temperature, rainfall / rainforest
4.
Secondary Succession – regrowth of an area affected by fire or
other natural disasters / La. after Katrina
5.
Herbivores – animals that only eat plants / grasshoppers
6.
Biology – the study of life / learning about the life cycle of
mosquitoes
7.
Omnivores – organisms that eat plants and animals / bears
8.
Carnivores – organisms that eat meat or other animals / lions
9.
Abiotic – non-living / rocks
10.
Ecosystem – all the abiotic and biotic factors in an area / a forest
11.
Habitat – where an organism live / its home
12. Autotroph – organisms that make their own food using sunlight /
rose bush
13. Competition – challenges between organisms for resources like
food, water, shelter 2
14. Community – all the different populations in an area / all the white
tail deer + all the live oak trees + all the banana spiders in a forest
15.
Heterotroph – organisms that must eat/absorb their food crickets
16. Decomposer – organisms that eat and break down dead organisms
/ maggots
17. Climax Community – a stable stage in ecological growth / a
hardwood forest in Ga.
18. Succession – gradual change to an area and its inhabitants / shrubs
out competing grasses
19. Parasite – an organism that feeds off other living organisms / tape
worm
20.
Niche – an organism’s job or role / carnivore
21.
Scavenger – an organism that eat dead organisms / buzzard
22.
Biotic – living / cat
23. Primary Succession – the first stage an area would undergo to begin
creating soil and introducing new organisms / lichens living on rocks
24. Species – organisms that are similar and can successfully interbreed
/ raccoons
25. Homeostasis – maintaining an internal balance or equilibrium /
sweating to cool your body temperature down