Definitions

Question 1

What is ecology?

Answer 1

• the study of the interactions of organisms with their physical and biological environments
• and how these determine the distribution and make-up of populations within an ecosystem

Question 2

What is population ecology?

Answer 2

• population ecology is concerned with fluctuations in the size of a population and the factors, both physical and social that regulates these fluctuations

Question 3

What is the biosphere?

Answer 3

• the part of the earth where living organisms are found

Question 4

What is an ecosystem?

Answer 4

• made up of groups of different species of organisms that interact with each other and with the environment

Question 5

What is an organism?

Answer 5

• an individual form of life, composed of a single cell or a complex of cells that are capable of growing and reproducing

Question 6

What is a community?

Answer 6

• a group of different species that inhabit and interact in a particular area

Question 7

What is a species?

Answer 7

• a group of closely related organisms that are very similar to each other and are usually capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring

Question 8

What is an individual?

Answer 8

• a single organism capable of independent existence

Question 9

What is a population?

Answer 9

• a group of organisms of the same species that occupy the same area and can breed freely with each other