Ecosystem (Biology) Questions and
Answers.
Ecosystem - Answer All the organisms that live in an area together with the no living factors
of the environment.
Biotic factors - Answer Living parts of an ecosystem.
Example: plants, animals
Abiotic factors - Answer Nonliving parts of the ecosystem.
Examples: water, sunlight, rocks
Succession - Answer The natural processes by which one community if organisms slowly
replaces another in a certain area. (Primary and secondary)
Primary succession - Answer The series of changes that occur in an area where no ecosystem
previously existed.
Secondary succession - Answer The series of changes that occur after a disturbance in an
existing ecosystem
Producers - Answer Organisms that make their own food using energy from the sun
(photosynthesis) or by other means.
Example: plants, algae
Consumers - Answer An organism that gets food by eating other organisms. (Herbivores,
carnivores, and omnivores)
Herbivores - Answer Plant eaters
Carnivores - Answer Meat eaters
Omnivores - Answer Eats both producers an consumers
Scavengers - Answer Eat dead things
Answers.
Ecosystem - Answer All the organisms that live in an area together with the no living factors
of the environment.
Biotic factors - Answer Living parts of an ecosystem.
Example: plants, animals
Abiotic factors - Answer Nonliving parts of the ecosystem.
Examples: water, sunlight, rocks
Succession - Answer The natural processes by which one community if organisms slowly
replaces another in a certain area. (Primary and secondary)
Primary succession - Answer The series of changes that occur in an area where no ecosystem
previously existed.
Secondary succession - Answer The series of changes that occur after a disturbance in an
existing ecosystem
Producers - Answer Organisms that make their own food using energy from the sun
(photosynthesis) or by other means.
Example: plants, algae
Consumers - Answer An organism that gets food by eating other organisms. (Herbivores,
carnivores, and omnivores)
Herbivores - Answer Plant eaters
Carnivores - Answer Meat eaters
Omnivores - Answer Eats both producers an consumers
Scavengers - Answer Eat dead things
