Topic 2 Vocabulary Quiz

Biotic

(CHOOSE 2 CORRECT ANSWERS)

• living things in an ecosystem

• nonliving things in an ecosystem

• include temperature, humidity, soil, rocks, atmosphere

• plants, animals, microorganisms, etc.

Abiotic

(choose 2 correct answers)

• Living things

• nonliving

• soil, temperature, pH, rocks, etc.

• animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, etc

pH is ......................................

• a measure of how acidic/basic water is

• living things in an ecosystem

• nonliving things in an ecosystem

Primary Succession

• the regrowth of an ecosystem after a major disturbance (lava flow, glacier retreat) where there is no soil.

• the repair and regrowth of an ecosystem after a fire or flood

• mature ecosystem, increased in biodiversity

Secondary Succession

• the repair and regrowth of an ecosystem after a fire or flood

• the first to colonize and ecosystem

• mature ecosystem, increased in biodiversity

• the regrowth of an ecosystem after a major disturbance (lava flow, glacier retreat) where there is no soil.

Pioneer species

• the first to colonize and ecosystem

• mature ecosystem, increased in biodiversity

• organism that is not native to an area

• organism that is found in a certain ecosystem due to natural processes

Climax community

• mature ecosystem, increased in biodiversity

• organism that is not native to an area

• organism that is found in a certain ecosystem due to natural processes

Invasive species

• organism that is not native to an area

• organism that is found in a certain ecosystem due to natural processes

• the first species to colonize and ecosystem

Native species

• organism that is found in a certain ecosystem due to natural processes

• organism that is not native to an area

• the first to colonize and ecosystem

Photic:

• layer of the ocean with light

• layer of the ocean with no light

• : the area where the ocean meets the land between high and low tide