Please MATCH the Key Word to the correct definition.

Question

Key Words:

Biodiversity

Primary consumer:

Primary succession:

Secondary consumer:

Secondary succession:

Biomass:

Logistic growth:

Exponential growth:

Carrying capacity:

Density dependent limiting factors:

Ozone layer:

Non-renewable resource:

Definitions:

A measure of number of and variety of organisms in an area

Often herbivores, they eat producers.

Heterotroph that eats/can eat primary consumers

Something that gets used up by use and cannot be quickly replenished

A measure of living organisms and all biotic material in an area

A measured limit on a population's growth based on resources, limiting factors and biotic potential

Series of ecological events occurring in an area starting with bare rock and no life

Located in the stratosphere, it acts as sunscreen for the planet by preventing much of UV radiation from the Sun to reach the Earth.

Population curve showing slow, then continuous rapid growth

Series of ecological events following a serious and damaging event in an area, but leaves soil

Usually biotic, conditions that slow population growth and are a reflection of population size

Population curve showing slow, then rapid growth with a leveling out of population size

choose the correct answers

Answer 1

Biodiversity: A measure of number of and variety of organisms in an area

Primary consumer: Often herbivores, they eat producers.

Primary succession: Series of ecological events occurring in an area starting with bare rock and no life

Secondary consumer: Heterotroph that eats/can eat primary consumers

Secondary succession: Series of ecological events following a serious and damaging event in an area, but leaves soil

Biomass: A measure of living organisms and all biotic material in an area

Logistic growth: Population curve showing slow, then rapid growth with a leveling out of population size

Exponential growth: Population curve showing slow, then continuous rapid growth

Carrying capacity: A measured limit on a population's growth based on resources, limiting factors and biotic potential

Density dependent limiting factors: Usually biotic, conditions that slow population growth and are a reflection of population size

Ozone layer: Located in the stratosphere, it acts as sunscreen for the planet by preventing much of UV radiation from the Sun to reach the Earth.

Non-renewable resource: Something that gets used up by use and cannot be quickly replenished