Lesson 4.1

Question 1

basic unit

Answer 1

Individual Species

Question 2

group of species

Answer 2

Population

Question 3

group of population

Answer 3

Community

Question 4

community + environment

Answer 4

Ecosystem

Question 5

group of ecosystem

Answer 5

Biomes

Question 6

part of the earth wherein life is possible

Answer 6

Biosphere

Question 7

Ecological Level of Organization

Answer 7

1. Individual Species
2. Population
3. Community
4. Ecosystem
5. Biomes
6. Biosphere

Question 8

a community of organisms interacting with each other and with their environment.

Answer 8

ecosystem

Question 9

ecosystem

Answer 9

Roy Clapham

Question 10

fully defined ecosystem

Answer 10

Arthur Tansley

Question 11

Living components

Answer 11

Biotic

Question 12

Non-living components

Answer 12

Abiotic

Question 13

TROPHIC LEVELS IN AN ECOSYSTEM

Answer 13

Producers
Consumers
Decomposers

Question 14

produce food through photosynthesis

Answer 14

PRODUCERS

Question 15

• Self-feeders
• Producers
• Manufactured their own food

Answer 15

Autotrophs

Question 16

• Other-feeders
• Consumers
• Depend on other organisms for food

Answer 16

Heterotrophs

Question 17

Carniivores, Herbivores, Omnivores and Scavengers

Answer 17

Consumers

Question 18

eat dead plants and animals to reduce them into simple forms of matter

Answer 18

Decomposers

Question 19

Types of Energy Transfer

Answer 19

• Food Chain
• Food Web

Question 20

Simple pattern of food-energy transfer in an ecosystem

Answer 20

Food Chain

Question 21

• Complex pattern of food-energy transfer in ecosystem
• Consists of more than one food chain

Answer 21

Food Web

Question 22

__?__ cannot be created or destroyed, but it can be transferred or transformed from one form to another.

Answer 22

Energy

Question 23

Ecological Relationships

Answer 23

1. Mutualism or symbiosis
2. Competition
3. Predation
4. Parasitism
5. Commensalism

Question 24

both are benefited

Answer 24

Mutualism or symbiosis

Question 25

two or more organisms strive for the same nutrients

Answer 25

Competition

Question 26

one is nourished while the other is eaten

Answer 26

Predation

Question 27

one is nourished while the other is harmed

Answer 27

Parasitism

Question 28

one is benefited while the other is unaffected

Answer 28

Commensalism

Question 29

both species benefit from the interaction but each can live without the other (type of mutualism)

Answer 29

Facultative mutualism

Question 30

one cannot survive for long without the other (type of mutualism)

Answer 30

Obligatory mutualism

Question 31

competition between two different species (type of competition)

Answer 31

Inter-specific competition

Question 32

competition between same species (type of competition)

Answer 32

Intra-specific

Question 33

organism that benefits (predation)

Answer 33

Predator

Question 34

organism that is eaten (predation)

Answer 34

Prey

Question 35

organism that is benefited (parasitism)

Answer 35

Parasites

Question 36

negatively affected organism (parasitism)

Answer 36

Host

Question 37

are a taxonomically diverse group of organisms that infest the skin of human beings and other animals. (Types of Parasites)

Answer 37

Ectoparasites

Question 38

parasites which live inside a host and generally inhabit areas such as the gut, lungs, heart and blood vessels. (Types of Parasites)

Answer 38

Endoparasites

Question 39

organism that benefits (Commensalism)

Answer 39

Commensal

Question 40

unaffected organism (Commensalism)

Answer 40

Host