Communities And Interdependence

Question 1

What is a population?

Answer 1

A group of individuals of the same species

Question 2

What is a community?

Answer 2

When several populations of different species across all kingdoms living in a habitat

Question 3

What is am ecosystem?

Answer 3

Communities interacting with each other, biotic and abiotic

Question 4

Il what is Interdependence?

Answer 4

When species in a community depends on one another for food, shelter, pollination, seed dispersal and any change can affect lots of different species

Question 5

What are abiotic and biotic factors for distribution of plants?

Answer 5

Abiotic=moisture levels, temperature, light intensity, Co2, minerals
Biotic=pollen distributors, e.g bees or pollen beetles, new predator, competition, new pathogens

Question 6

What is a stable community?

Answer 6

When abiotic and biotic factors rarely change and all population numbers are kept roughly constant E.g tropical rainforests