Question

Unscramble each of the following to form a word or term that you have read in this chapter.

1. METNVIRONEN
2. BIAHATT
3. ILOS
4. COSEYEMTE
5. REPDAIONT

Answer 1

1. METNVIRONEN- ENVIRONMENT

It can be defined as effect of abiotic and biotic factors on the life of an organism.

2. BIAHATT- HABITAT

A habitat is a place where animals make their home, it has all the environmental conditions that an organism needs to survive.

3. ILOS- SOIL

It is a porous medium that is biologically active that has developed the earth’s crust.

4. COSEYEMTE- ECOSYSTEM

1. An ecosystem consists of a community of organisms in a specific area interacting with each other and with the non-living components that surround them.
2. It is the Greek word oikos, which means ‘home’.
3. Therefore, an ecosystem includes everything found in the environment of an organism.

5. REPDAIONT- PREDATION

1. Predation involves one animal feeding on another.
2. A predator hunts and kills another organism for food.
3. The organism that is hunted and killed by another organism to be its food is prey.
4. Consumers get nutrition from the earlier trophic level by predation.
5. The relationships between a tiger and a deer, between a snake and a frog, and between an eagle and a mouse are examples of predator-prey relationships.